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Deadlines and Due Dates

As I am currently unrepresented by an agent and editor-less, I have to establish my own deadlines. Here's why this is a challenge: I started my career in news, which consisted of constant deadlines from like, 50 sources. By the time I left news for good a few years ago, I seriously had not ever … Continue reading Deadlines and Due Dates →

sarahjanethill84 Writing the novel 1 Comment January 13, 2019January 13, 2019 2 Minutes

Writing Marginalized Groups

The first draft of my latest attempt at a novel has (among others) the following characters: A black school shooting survivor A sikh young man A transgender young man A person with Tourtette's Syndrome A domestic violence survivor A hispanic woman with a PhD A lesbian A gay man A black man in the military … Continue reading Writing Marginalized Groups →

sarahjanethill84 Writing the novel 2 Comments January 3, 2019 1 Minute

Goals: Achieved and Set

I set the rather auspicious goal of completing a totally new manuscript over winter break, which was about two weeks. I didn't start from scratch- I had a solid outline I'd been tweaking off and on for a few months and a few thousand words. I figured if I had first mess of a draft … Continue reading Goals: Achieved and Set →

sarahjanethill84 Writing the novel Leave a comment January 2, 2019January 2, 2019 2 Minutes

25,000 Words in Two Days

A little writing challenge for winter break

sarahjanethill84 Writing the novel Leave a comment December 11, 2018December 11, 2018 1 Minute

Flash Fiction in a Flash

After a frankly exhausting series of fiction workshops, I took the summer off and did more or less nothing. I needed it, and I'm glad I did it, although I do wish I had been more productive (but if I had, it wouldn't have been a break, so...) But now, in an attempt to get … Continue reading Flash Fiction in a Flash →

sarahjanethill84 Writing: Other Leave a comment August 3, 2018August 3, 2018 1 Minute

Outline Outline Who’s Got the Outline

The last few NaNoWriMos I've participated in, as well as all the manuscripts I've written to date, have been "pantser" novels. As in "fly by the seat of my pants" novels. As in, "sit down at the keyboard and hope something comes out" novels. Lucky for me, things have been coming out. Well, they had … Continue reading Outline Outline Who’s Got the Outline →

sarahjanethill84 Writing the novel Leave a comment July 30, 2018July 30, 2018 1 Minute

Writer’s Lincoln Log

After my writer's retreat in late spring, I pretty much stopped doing things. Well, creative things anyway. I stopped writing. Granted, I had just put that final polish on Hot Mess #1, now no longer a hot mess. Hot Mess #2 had its first read-through and has a rat's nest of a plot hole, and … Continue reading Writer’s Lincoln Log →

sarahjanethill84 Writing the novel Leave a comment July 29, 2018 2 Minutes

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