Catégorie : Writing project

Writer Notebook: First brainstorm

My brainstorm basics are simple

There’s the Snowflake method.

The 3 acts structure method.

The « I don’t give a rat’s ass about writing methods, I’m a real writer, I write with my soul, and I just wanna write my mind-blowing novel and have the world bow before me, got it? » method.

Every writer’s approach to writing a novel is slightly different.

For sure.

But every writer, from the all-mighty tortured ones to the humble aspiring ones (like yours truly), have one thing in common.

Yep, that’s right.

Every writer have to write. the. novel.

From the idea to the book on the shelves, it’s an adventure!

In this series, I go through my process to develop an idea for a novel, hoping it can help other writers.

First: Let’s brainstorm!

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Diary of a new project. Day 133-134: the mists

A small, pretty clearing, with enough light to get on with the re-write of a tweens contemporary novel about… well, the aftermath of bullying, about forgiveness, friendship… and the stress of being almost 15 and had never been kissed.

I like that line.

It’s from the MasterClass publicity running these days before almost every single writing craft video.
The one with author Neil Gaiman, who’s writing I do admire very much indeed.

« Every now and then, the mists will clear. »

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