Well, maybe not all of us. So far I've been working on how to make my story pull together with all of its many parts and I have not really written anything. I need structure. I hate to admit it, but I do. I could start out without it but now that I'm feeling my story, it needs some framework!
Larry Brooks over at StoryFix.com actually pulled together 31 posts that he wrote in October (one every day), in anticipation of the beginning of NaNoWriMo on November 1st. I was so happy when he announced that he would do this because I was printing and carrying around a lot of blog posts.
I've been reading Larry's StoryFix blog for quite some time now and, as much as I hate to admit to the need for structure, I hate the word "pantser" even more! Mr. Brooks says, "a 'pantser' is someone who writes by the seat-of-their-pants. I have grown to really despise that word!
As odd as it is to say this about a published writer, I am very proud of Larry Brooks and that he has done this! I say this especially because he was not a NaNoWriMo supporter at all; in fact, he was anything but! This year, he has taken it upon himself to share with all of us. You've got to love someone who shows a genuine interest in helping other writers and wanna-be novelists.
Now it's on my Kindle! Hooray!
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