In the plan’s novel production process, I created a visual for the steps from draft to book ready.
Hope this helps you.
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Business Plan: Production
Production Plan
Products
For my products, I have separate file, a MS Word document at the moment, that tracks works in progress and works on hold.
The Process
The production process will cover the entire lifetime of a work. Right now, it covers up through digital publication.
Continue readingBusiness Plan: Also in the Introduction, a Catch-all
My business plan’s introduction also serves me as a notes area where I can capture needed future advisors, tips, writing group advice, resources, and more.
Take a look.
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Multi-Genre Authors, Part 1
Ever hear the advice to concentrate on one genre? While that has its benefits, don’t be afraid to try to write across genres. You’d be in good company.
Here’s a list of multi-genre authors, some of whom may you surprise you:
Continue readingBusiness Plan Introduction
My business plan is meant almost solely for my use (aren’t you glad I’m sharing?), so note the format is more fluid, in more of a rough draft state.
Here’s some excerpts:
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How to Move Forward with Your Writing Even If in Fractional Increments
Experts talk about writing every day, or having a writing goal per week, or even praise writers who work the job as close to full-time as they can get.
Yet, so many of us struggling as writers fit our writing into fractions of time throughout a season of life, around kids, chores, full-time jobs, crises, tragedy, and trauma.
Is it possible to become a successful writer when your time spent writing is scattered over various minutes stolen here and there in a demanding life?
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Writers: the Audience of Your Business Plan?
Who is the intended audience of your business plan?
Well, if you’re an established writer like Brandon Sanderson, L.E. Modesitt, or David Weber, and you have a business plan, the intended audience may include investors, publishers, fellow writers, employees… Of course, I’m guessing, as I remain unpublished.
While I hope you benefit indirectly from my business plan via this series, my business plan is primarily for my own benefit.
Look out for the next in the series where I discuss how my business plan benefits me in becoming a published novelist.
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In-depth Scene Elements
What makes a scene?
My code-writing persona is considering developing an app for writers, so I’ve been musing on scenes.
Want to get technical? Want a comprehensive breakdown of the parts of a scene?
Continue readingPlotting vs. Pantsing: The Tension Between Overkill with Moving Forward
Certain writers fall securely into the plotter camp, while others write off-the-cuff. I jump back and forth between camps. And, at times, it’s wearying.
With Salvage, I’m really trying to plan my scenes more than before. I’m using a free airtable account to track my scene data, but it’s possible that it’s moving from useful planning to overkill.
So, just to dive in and write new scenes seems a little like wandering in a field of corn on a dark night (I come from a long line of Iowa corn farmers, and I live in Nebraska; the simile works for me).
Yet, after a certain level of planning and scene data, it’s like wandering through a very crowded cereal aisle, trying to figure out what take off the shelf.
So, I’m spending too much time trying to get the scene data just as I want it, and too little time moving Salvage forward.
What’s the right balance?
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