Tame Your Revision Step-by-Step: 4 Steps to SORT-BY-SIZE

This TAME YOUR REVISION series started over at The Winged Pen. Here are links to the individual posts: Inventory Slice and Label With Scrivener Throw Stuff Out–There’s no separate post for this one. Everything I have to say is on the infographic. 🙂 Feedback Folder Sort By Size Re-Cycle Desperate Measures You can download the […]

Tame Your Revision Step-by-Step: 7 Simple Steps to a FEEDBACK FOLDER in Scrivener

One of the problems with getting feedback on your manuscript is overwhelm. If you’ve got five Word documents floating on your computer somewhere, it can bring your revision process to standstill. This post is about the simple way I keep track of valuable feedback from my critique partners. This TAME YOUR REVISION series started over […]

Tame Your Revision Step-by-Step: SLICE AND LABEL with Scrivener

Revising a novel is a form of bookkeeping. How do you keep from losing your mind? This TAME YOUR REVISION series started over at The Winged Pen. Here are links to the individual posts: Inventory Slice and Label With Scrivener Throw Stuff Out–There’s no separate post for this one. Everything I have to say is […]

Preparing for NaNoWriMo? Step 3: Cutting your story into squares

If you can’t see which way your story is pointing, maybe you need some building blocks. Byzantine brick paving. Ravenna, Italy. © Laurel Decher, 2016. This is the third post in a short series on preparing for National Novel Writing Month. The NaNoWriMo site no longer exists, but you can sign up for Novel November. […]

Preparing for NaNoWriMo? Step 1: Clear the Decks and Collect Ingredients

Ingredients set out to be transformed into imaginative cakes and tortes. Poppelsdorfer Schloss café, Bonn, Germany. © Laurel Decher, 2016. A friend (waving to Jane!) asked me how to prepare for National Novel Writing Month and after I sent her the third e-mail, suggested I write a blog post since November 1st is coming right […]