Day 29- 90-Day Novel model

Finally!

I am going to start my first draft. I am so excited and I really feel that this model has helped me develop not only my characters, but to reveal the conflict(s) between them. Normally I am hunting for possible roadblocks to throw in front of them, but not now. I may have too many!

So, logging off for now.

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I am posting his 10 rules of writing since they served him well.

1.  Never open a book with weather.
2.  Avoid prologues.
3.  Never use a verb other than "said" to carry dialogue.
4.  Never use an adverb to modify the verb "said” … he admonished gravely.
5.  Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose. 
6.  Never use the words "suddenly" or "all hell broke loose."
7.  Use regional dialect, patois, sparingly.
8.  Avoid detailed descriptions of characters.
9.  Don't go into great detail describing places and things.
10.  Try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip.

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Day 18

Finally, I'm getting back to my plotting project using the 90-Day Novel. First my excuse, I mean reason, was that my family was going on vacation to Disney World and so I would have little time to write. After getting back, well, I was simply lazy.

So, back to my 90-Day Novel only behind...

I still love Alan Watt's direction to hold the story loosely, to let it breathe and evolve on its own without forcing it into a box that you've created before it's ready. It explains why I'm never happy with my characters: I've never as fully explored them before.

Keeping at it. But keeping calm!