Tag Archives: pantsing
Writing without an Outline like Minesweeper
I ran across this video that compares Writing without an outline to being like Minesweeper. Or, I suppose, since I like submarines, those early days of submarining where danger was potentially all around them. I’m glad to see some real topics coming out of about this at last instead of “You’re doing it wrong, and …
Nano Day 14 & Pantsing 101
Unbelievably crazy day at work. I was amazed I came home and didn’t just not want to deal with anything. But I got some writing in anyway. Did a little at lunchtime, too–I was thinking of grabbing more than that, but a friend joined me, and we had an interesting talk about the aftermath of the …
Nano Day 13 & Pantsing 101
It was a gorgeous fall day. The winds died down, so I did a walk at a local historical park that I discovered last year. The leaves are coming down, but a lot of the trees still have them, so another week or two year, I think. Pantsing 101 I sort of wandered between the …
Nano Day 12 and Pantsing 101
I’ve been somewhat off my game the last few days. I only got 2,000 words over the last few days for several reasons. The first is DC weather. This time of the year is always hard on the sinuses. The winds kick up and knock the leaves off the trees, and all the dust flies …
Nano Day 6 & Pantsing 101
I definitely didn’t feel like doing anything today. I woke up, and did all the usual stuff. Then I walked down to the farmer’s market to buy my vegetables—and they were still setting up. Very strange. A couple of us were wandering around trying to figure out what was going on, and we finally realized …
Nano Day 3 & Pantsing 101
Writing group Thursday night, which was the time I normally write. I wasn’t planning on writing at all, but managed to grab some words in about 30 minutes at lunch. I have a Surface, so I can take that with me. Weather was really nice, so I did it outside on a picnic table. Surprise, …
Nanowrimo Day 1 & Pantsing 101
I decided to do Nano this year, for the first time, though informally. I’m not registering on any of the sites or participating in the social parts of it. Rather, I’m just using it as a goal to write a completed book in 30 days. The tool I’m using to write is Scrivener for Windows. …
Books on Sale for November
November is Veteran’s Day, so I’m offering my Desert Storm memoir at a sale price of .99. On August 2, 1990, Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. Within twenty-four hours, he controlled the entire country. Five days later, the United States was deploying soldiers and had named the military operation Desert Shield. This would be the …
Pantsing 101: 3 Things to Avoid
We had three secrets that would be helpful for the pantser writing a book without an outline, so we have to have 3 things to avoid. Avoid asking for permission This is common on writing message boards. Writer comes on, posts a question, and it’s along the lines of “Am I allowed to do this?” …
Pantsing 101: 3 Secrets that make pantsing easier
No one talks about it, but there are a lot of secrets that make pantsing a novel easier. In fact, some of the secrets are dismissed by outliners (go figure) Turn off spell check That wavy red line identifying when you’ve spelled a word wrong or one it doesn’t recognize is quite disruptive. In a …
