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carriereedwrites · 1 day
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Ooooo, I love me some writing help.
Outlining 6 (Solo Writer’s Curriculum)
This is the sixth item for The Solo Writer’s Curriculum - Module 10: Outlining. The curriculum is an index of resources for learning to write grouped by topic. Having finished looking at ideas, we are now looking at what you need to do to get writing. That includes some key decisions and some activities that are useful to some writers. If you plan to outline your story, this module should give you methods to use including approaches, practical tools and examples.
Item 6 is Jenna Moreci - HOW TO PLAN YOUR NEXT BOOK
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carriereedwrites · 10 months
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Frickin' brilliant!!! A beautiful resource, friend. Thank you for sharing!
THE WRITER'S WORKBOOK - free
Hello hello, it's me!
Today I'm here to tell you about each feature of "The Writer's Workbook", which you can download for free.
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Note: this workbook has two variations, so you can print it or use it digitally as a PDF.
I designed this workbook in an intuitive way so that the plot progresses as you go further in the exercises. It is divided in six big categories: Idea & Plot, Character Development, World Building, Writing, Journal, and Resources.
Note: feel free to skip exercises or to complete them in any other order than the one suggested by me!
IDEA & PLOT
This section is meant to help you develop your idea before you even know who your characters are.
In this part, you will choose the central conflict, write down keywords about your idea, and draw a mind map. Then, you'll proceed to find your voice through different exercises, to then find each key point of the plot, from exposition to resolution.
It's also in this part that you are going to come up with plot twists and the ending of the book.
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
Here, as the name says, you will completely develop all your characters, from the protagonist to the side characters. You will also have the opportunity to develop their relationships through mind maps and brainstorming processes.
WORLDBUILDING
Just like the other categories, worldbuilding is a fundamental step when plotting a novel.
In this workbook, you'll be asked to draw or generate a map of your world so that you always have it near you whenever you need it. There are also some prompts to fill out about it, and locations to create and explore.
In this part, you can also make a timeline for all the main events in your world.
WRITING
Now that most of your story is planned, it's time to think about writing it!
This section is perfect to come up with the best title for your book, brainstorming and develop the opening scene, and fully developing each key point using the snowflake method.
There's also a place to write down all the scenes and chapters you want to include in your book and check it off as you write it.
JOURNAL
This part is for you to reflect on your writing goals, on your ideas, and to see your progress. It's important to check this often and make sure you always have your goals in mind!
RESOURCES
Here you will find some useful resources from writing communities to courses and softwares to help you in this process and, hopefully, make it easier!
THE WRITER'S WORKBOOK
If you don't have it already grab it now here! It's completely free and I'm sure it will help you develop your new idea <3
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carriereedwrites · 1 year
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Hype Songs of the Morning: Check It Out - Nicki Minaj ft will.i.am Qveen Herby - Abracadabra I've been feeling a little burnt out in the creative department. The easiest way for me to get out of that rut is to listen to music. Music feeds the soul and gives your brain that guud guud creative input. And I need it, because I have a deadline to meet. ���🤣 #amwriting #amwritingromance #music #writingcommunity #writing #writinginspiration #writinglife https://www.instagram.com/p/CpTARU7v1Ol1-EQOxyJ7n5aviyE3OJh0H0S-ek0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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carriereedwrites · 1 year
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I caved. I did the cup noodle egg souffle hack. Best hack ever. I never drink my soup (don't you DARE come for my Asian card!) so this was amazing to try. I'm gonna do this until forever. https://www.instagram.com/p/CpOWJNYp8D4R2Bhs709y6shN6r5V2bxiX9JoAA0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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carriereedwrites · 1 year
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Just a few things from today's Mililani Rec 6 craft fair haul. 🥰 @mizmatchedstar nevers ceases to amaze me with her kawaii Sailor Moon stationery. @knbsupplyco has THE best washi tapes and B-Grade/Oopsie grab bags that I will cherish. And @kuuipo.collection with her DuPont Tyvek totes and bags, which are ADORBS. Can't wait to see ya'll again! (And thank you for being patient with my excited son, who couldn't stop touching things 🤣) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpHIhxiL4srWE0HJHm4lRUrZICA22pzoyIspus0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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carriereedwrites · 1 year
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HAPPY NEW YEAR, YA'LL!!!
Here's to healing, growth and success in all that we push forward in.
In this life, we are only meant to do one thing: we just have to love each other as much as we can, and forgive those who aren't willing to do the same. Whether it's just loving themselves or others, forgive those who can't do either, and just go on about your life. Live it. Love it. Retain the good energy, give the good energy, and refute the negative.
Go after that degree. Go after that dream. Tell that person you love them. Go heal those traumas. Go to therapy. Take that family trip. The years are getting shorter, ya'll. Don't waste your time on what ifs. Do it now. And if it doesn't work out? At least you did something with your time. Make sure it's worth YOUR time and pay no mind to anyone else.
If there's anything I've learned in the last three years: life is short and there's no excuses.
Go. Go and LIVE. Happy 2023, ya'll.
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carriereedwrites · 1 year
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New Year, New Writing Shit Posts.
Ya'll... life sucked hard for 2022. Life got in the way. Personal issues. The standard depressive episode. Not taking care of myself the way I should be. Always pouring from an empty cup into people who didn't care or had shitty ass cups. The usual. And lord forbid that I claim 2023 to be "my year" just to be positive about the next 365 days.
As my best friend would say, "I couldn't give two giraffes and a blueberry muffin." And that's the energy I'm bringing into 2023. Honey badger don't give a ~fuck~ about nothing. I am going to do what I enjoy, when I want to enjoy it. That's it. That simple.
Listen, we only have so much time on this earth. Why do we spend it worrying about things we can't control? Why do we hold on so tightly to the things that limit us? Because it feels safe? Because we're afraid of failing? Because we don't want to admit when we're wrong?
Screw that.
From now, until the rest of my days, I will never quit being me. I will learn and grow. I will respect people's perspectives, even if I disagree. But, I will not be afraid to reinforce my boundaries when I have to. If people in my life need to be left behind for me to achieve what I need to achieve, so be it. No one is slowing me down. Ever. My happiness matters. Because if I am happy, and my cup is overflowing, I can help fill other people's cups. No more pouring from empty cups, ya'll.
I am a writer. I am a spiritual person. I love and care about people a little too much, and that's alright. Because it feels wrong not to care and be empathetic. I'm going to do what feels right and be unapologetically me.
And most importantly, I will never stop shit posting about being a writer. Because that shit is funny. And if you can't laugh at yourself, are you really enjoying life? So, I have some back posts to get out. I hope all of you enjoy them.
To all my fellow writers: Head up, chest out, back straight. Walk into every room like the Majesty you are. You can do this, love. Finish that story. Write that book. Get that agent. Hell, get published! Take the damn plunge! But never lose yourself, never give up and never lose your humor. You can do ANYTHING as long as you do it for the love of it.
~ Happy Writing, Ya'll ~
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carriereedwrites · 1 year
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Same. I would love to send you one of those sticky-hand things for earning so many bonus points. 🤣
HOW TO (NOT) BE A GREAT WRITER:
We've all been here. We've been guilty of at least ONE of these things. There's no shame in it. Embrace it, dear writer. EMBRACE. IT.
Buy lots of notebooks and shove them in the designated "Do-Not-Touch-Me" corner
Bonus points if the notebooks are fancy ones you got through Amazon Prime One-Day delivery on a whim because you're SOOOO SURREE this will help you be productive
Buy pens in every color, in every point size, because you never know which one you'll aboslutely NEED to write structure notes with
Buy lots and lots and lots (and lots!) of craft books that you have to read in order to know what you're doing
Bonus points if you feel like you need to read them all before you even *think* about writing a single thing
Watch a bunch of Youtube videos on writing until 2AM, or until you've sought validation via a complete stranger that you've poured hours of your life watching their content OR when you're sure you're through with your existential crisis
Fun Fact: None of those things go away
Be adamant that you will eventually finish your book *this year* but internally panic because you keep deleting and rewriting the first half of your story and you've yet to write past the Inciting Incident
Bonus points if you insist that you need to write it perfectly to be worth getting past Chapter 5
And that's it. My top 5 traits of being a succeful writer. Do you know any that I've missed? Let me know in the comments!
~ Happy Writing, Ya'll ~
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carriereedwrites · 1 year
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I agree and understand all of this. After this experience, I've learned to just email the general email address or the admissions email address and make the subject very clear. All I'm doing is research for a story. And usually, I get a helpful reply back. Sometimes, we learn by doing. The trick is to keep from making the same blunders. (Still learning this, even as a grown ass adult)
Also, this works for most places of business. I would definitely agree that when conducting research, be extremely open and honest in your first contact. In my experience, people LOVE to give the truth about what they do. They hate unrealistic expectations just as much as the next person and will appreciate someone trying to portray their lives correctly. And you also make great connections this way.
@animezinglife Thanks for pointing this out, friend!
TFW you have to email the college recruiter from another state that you're not actually a potential student - you're actually a romance writer trying to get info on one of their programs because the imaginary person living in your head wants to go there... Yeah, that was an awkwardly written email, let me tell you.
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carriereedwrites · 1 year
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Fuck you for being so loud. Jk, jk. Kinda.
#neurospicy
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carriereedwrites · 1 year
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I am the 1% in this poll and I go for eBooks just for ease of convenience. However, guess where I go through for most of these books? The Libby App, which allows me to borrow eBooks from the library. Without it, I definitely would have spent $100+ on buying books, even in digital format (I can easily read a book a day).
But, when I was a kid, omfgggg the feeling of getting passed down a borrowed book was like receiving a tome of knowledge from another person. Libraries are important experiences, people!
I try not to make a habit of getting on here and posting takes out of spite but I really am so perplexed by how much favor I see towards huge book retail chains and the trendiness of always buying new.... Like idk ! It just seems like an odd pair, book loving and consumerism. It's weird there isn't pushback there even in the sense of like.... Sustainability? Especially when being green and buying secondhand is so popular in fashion. Of course I don't think there's anything at all wrong with buying new books or special editions out of love for the book, but ALSO I feel pretty strongly that there should be more hype for libraries and used book stores in online book communities. Like shit, I LOVE library books....... The crinkly plastic covers? Never knowing when you're going to find some anonymous person's annotations? The ATMOSPHERE of libraries? Come on...... :(
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carriereedwrites · 1 year
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Hey Ya'll! It would really mean the world to me if you come check this out! If you're into writing (especially romance) there's still time to register! And if you can't, no biggie. Just please share the post 😃 ECWC 2022 begins this Friday, with a fabulous roster of masterclass speakers: Farah Heron, Robin Covington, and Bryn Donovan. There's still time to register: https://www.emeraldcityromancewriters.org/emerald-city-writers-conference #emeraldcitywritingcon2022 #ecwc2022 #romancebooks #romancewriter #romancewriterofinstagram #fictionwriter #fictionwriters #fictionwritersofinstagram #farahheron #robincovington #bryndonovan https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj1TlzyvLQuOenecQfTsRjRZfTGL14-VtTeSXU0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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carriereedwrites · 2 years
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Uhmmmmmmmmmmmmm... really?? How close-minded can people BE??
Some "helpful" reviews, in case anyone is on the fence about watching The Sandman:
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carriereedwrites · 2 years
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AND THAT'S ON PERIODT.
i know it’s been said before, but it bears repeating: a big, big part of maintaining your confidence & self esteem as a creator is fully embracing the concept of “you don’t have to be good like them.  you can be good like you.”
for example, i’m not someone who’s particularly good at coming up with complex, elaborate plots or incredibly unique ideas.  it’s just not how i choose to write.  and it would be easy for me to look at someone with an elaborate, super unique plot & decide that because i don’t write like that, i’m not a good writer.  after all, unique plots are good, and my writing lacks those, so my writing must not be good, right?  well, no, actually.  i just have different strengths, like taking a simple premise & digging super deep into its emotional depths.  that’s what i do well & it isn’t any better or worse than people who do elaborate world building or come up with really creative and unexpected plots.
your writing is never going to be all things to all people.  it just isn’t.  inevitably, you’ll have to make creative choices that favor certain aspects of writing over others.  there is truly no getting around that & it’s honestly a good thing, because it means you’ve developed your own style.  but you’ll always encounter other creators who posses strengths that you don’t.  it doesn’t mean one is better than the other or that your writing isn’t good enough. 
comparing yourself like that would be like taking a piece of pizza & a cupcake & going “oh no, that cupcake is so sweet & my pizza isn’t sweet at all.” or “gosh, the garlic crust on that pizza is delicious and my cupcake doesn’t have ANY garlic.”  obviously your pizza isn’t sweet.  obviously your cupcake doesn’t have garlic.  a food can’t have every single delicious flavor at once.  the cupcake is good like a cupcake.  the pizza is good like a pizza.  so you don’t have to be good like them.  you can be good like you.
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carriereedwrites · 2 years
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Worried About Writing Something Niche That Readers "Won't Get"?
Write that mf anyways. Trust me, if you don't enjoy writing the story you do now because you're worried it won't attract readers, then you DEFINITELY will hate it during editing. And yes, you will go through MULTIPLE ROUNDS of edits. Most stories do.
Write the damn story that's been haunting you. Write the story you're passionate about. Don't worry if it doesn't get tons of reads. They will come.
The best piece if writing advice I've ever heard: Write for YOU, first.
If you write to become famous, if you write to earn money, you won't find any if those things. Write, because that's all you live and breathe. Because when you're not writing, you feel... off. It doesn't sit right with you.
So, write. Write, and write, and write. You want those readers? You need passion, a really tough layer of skin, consistency, luck and most important of all... patience.
When the time comes... you'll wonder why you even worried in the first place.
Good luck. And ~ Happy Writing, Ya'll ~
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carriereedwrites · 2 years
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Omg, hell yes!! I am dowwnnnn. I'm a slow writer, so it's gonna be a few more weeks before I have anything written. But, I would definitely appreciate a critique swap. I'll even do a rounds of edits before I show you! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Writing Question of the Day:
Can you write an erotic romcom?
Stay tuned. I'm trying to find out.
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carriereedwrites · 2 years
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@impossiblelibrary
Pretty much like this:
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And now we have this (later on in the story):
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Honestly... this is the most random story I've ever written but somehow it's working and being put together faster than anything I've ever outlined so far.
...I'm gonna need Critque Partners in a few weeks, aren't I?
Writing Question of the Day:
Can you write an erotic romcom?
Stay tuned. I'm trying to find out.
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