Writing – The 6 Month Novel Challenge

I’ve got a challenge for you.

This year, I’m working with a group of High School students and over the next 5 months, they are each going to write a novel.  I’ll be joining them, and I’d like to challenge you to join in as well.

Doesn’t matter if you’ve never written more than a short story, of if you have novels published, join in, write alongside us and see that you can write and start to polish a novel in 6 months.

Here’s the basic schedule…

2 months to plan and outline

2 months to write (6 pages a day for 60 days = 360 pages, a perfect length for publication)

2 months to do the first 2 rewrites

Does this sound hard?  Yup!  But if you can squeeze in 1-2 hours a day, you can plot, write and begin to polish a novel in that time.

And…you won’t be alone…

Along the way, I’ll be talking about loglines, characters, plot, outlining, theme, style, dialogue, subplots, the myth of writer’s block…and everything else you need to write a kick-ass novel.

So, no matter what your favorite genre or idea, come and join us.  Send me a note, let me know what you are going to write, let me know what questions you have or problems you’ve run into in the past.

Talk to you soon!

B

Writing – How To…Or a Peek Under the Hood

Everyone,

As I work on getting the podcasts ready to release, I also want to start sharing something else with everyone on the site…writing advice…particularly, how to plan, structure and write novels and feature screenplays.

These posts are both for writers wanting to learn more or get a different perspective and also for readers who just want a peek under the hood of how the writing process can work.

I’ll be sharing things I learned in my MFA program and also what I’ve learned in all the other classes I’ve been taking for the last six years since then.  I’ll also throw in approaches that I have come up with on my own after writing a dozen screenplays and two novels.

So, please get your questions ready…this will be a lot of fun.

Bruce