4
08, 2020
Roll up your sleeves and write that rough draft
After months of following a methodical approach to planning my novel, it’s finally time to put fingertips to keyboard and actually write The Lost Tale of Sir Larpsalot.
13
07, 2020
Time to create a true outline
It’s a task that many authors dread and more than a few novelists disregard altogether: creating a chapter outline.
9
06, 2020
Make sure your main characters cast a shadow
For reasons beyond my understanding, my brain likes inventing personas—everything from wacky facades to keep small children entertained to personalities projected onto passersby. Everyone has a story, after all.
12
05, 2020
Surviving a novel synopsis
For this phase, I found myself face to face with that most odious and onerous of literary formats: the synopsis.
3
03, 2020
Hear your characters’ stories in their own words
Sometimes hearing voices can be a good thing—especially if you’re an author.
4
02, 2020
A paragraph evolves into a page
Welcome back to my mad experiment, where I attempt to create a novel using a ten-step approach to plotting, character development, and more.
7
01, 2020
Create your main characters
Creating characters has always been my favorite aspect of storytelling, so when I saw that Step 3 of the Snowflake Method was making the major characters, I was eager to dive in.
2
12, 2019
Outline your book in one paragraph
The second step of the Snowflake Method is to expand the single sentence into a full paragraph. That seemed easier than Step 1, but I still found excuses to procrastinate.
5
11, 2019
Tell your story in a single sentence
Step one of the Snowflake Method is writing a one-sentence summary of your novel. In about an hour. GULP!
4
02, 2019
Don’t call it a dirge
Plan A: reveal the teaser text for my forthcoming novel, If Dreams Can Die. Plan B: share the playlist instead!