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Category: Developing the story

First 10 chapters of my novel are now published on WattPad

November 24, 2018November 24, 2018

Friends, babes, buds! I am exceptionally excited to announce that the first 10 chapters of my novel, “Hello, Harbor” are now live on WattPad. Please check it out and let me know what you think. Direct link: https://www.wattpad.com/story/168390639-hello-harbor

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Categories: Developing the story / Published

Story structure worksheet

April 28, 2015April 28, 2015

Last year, I was lucky enough to attend a three-part story master class by Larry Brooks at the 2014 Willamette Writers conference. Larry had the most useful writing advice I have ever heard. It gave me some incredible clarity on how to structure a story. I use what I learned that weekend every time I write a story. Every…

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Categories: Conferences / Developing the story / Storyboard / Workshops

Novel number two

March 30, 2015April 25, 2015

Novels are not easy, especially when you are a Level 20 procrastinator like myself. (It’s an art, at this point.) I have been struggling with carving out time to write. That is something I knew would be a problem jumping into this whole endeavor. I thought all I would need to do is accept that…

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Categories: Developing the story

Character driven – the fast and slow of finding yourself through other people

November 23, 2013April 25, 2015

Personality mapping. I am writing a character-driven novel. It’s all about them! I’m trying to be true to each of my characters’ distinct personality types. But it’s hard to stay in their heads and not let my own experiences and opinions cloud their actions. So I mapped their personalities and taped them on the wall in…

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50,000 words in 30 days

November 2, 2013April 25, 2015

National Novel Writing Month. NaNoWriMo. What the hell did I get myself into? month. The goal I fully intend to complete by November 30 at exactly 11:59 p.m. is to have a completed first draft of Hello, Harbor. I am a shitty procrastinator that thrives on deadlines, so I am jumping on the NaNoWriMo bandwagon…

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Categories: Developing the story

Hello, November!

October 18, 2013April 25, 2015

Hello, November!

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The progress is all in my mind.

August 25, 2013April 25, 2015

August has slipped away from me. I can already see the end and I’ve barely written 1000 words. I made some progress with book two’s subplot though. Harbor and Aidan’s rocky friendship needed more dimension but I wasn’t sure exactly how to get there. It struck me the other day to take a page from…

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Categories: Developing the story

I decided on book two’s title

July 28, 2013April 25, 2015

“Leak.”

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“Like Carrie but with water”

July 28, 2013April 25, 2015

At an hour that doesn’t even exist on Saturdays, I made the trek, with the aid of some strong coffee, to Portland Community College to sit in a room of hopeful writers. Well, they’re actual writers. They write. They’ve written! They are all probably writing right now. I’m not sure what I expected, but whatever…

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Categories: Developing the story / Workshops

Getting in touch with Harbor.

July 8, 2013April 25, 2015

I spent the weekend in Lincoln City, getting in touch with the ocean and combing the sand for inspiration. Decided on a title for the first book: “Hello, Harbor.”

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