PenSword35 (June 26, 2008 at 5:09 pm)

Most excellent and thoroughly helpful. You've given me a lot of confirmation on things that I have already been doing and now you have given me direction regarding some new techniques. Thank you for helping to simplify a sometimes daunting task. Saved you to my favorites

CustomDissertations (June 26, 2008 at 11:09 am)

I think the biggest mistake I made when writing my novel was to attempt it without an outline. While it is nice to be able to just begin writing, it tends to be unfocused and rambling without better planning.

Bugaduh42 (June 24, 2008 at 9:13 pm)

wow i did not that know writing a novel can be so organized. Im 15 and started writing a novel. I just kind of wrote stuff as I moved along. I dont understand the point of the scene cards? they dont seem necessary

NGS712 (June 18, 2008 at 8:00 pm)

musk: Well I was just kiddin' around. ;)

muskndusk (June 18, 2008 at 6:55 pm)

Try using Word's Master Document feature to organise the novel. It really helps, provided you keep all the bits in the same folder.

muskndusk (June 18, 2008 at 6:53 pm)

My comment was in answer to another comment which appears to have been deleted.

NGS712 (June 15, 2008 at 5:16 am)

musk: I think that's been tried before. ;)

larma7 (June 9, 2008 at 2:16 am)

the toughest thing is not to get lazy or rush through parts, and to stay organized . . . FUCK, it's ALL hard!

muskndusk (June 3, 2008 at 9:25 am)

Try this: boy meets girl, they fall in love. Something drives boy and girl apart. They resolve the issue and realise they love each other after all. THE END! Fill in the details.

bertiethetoupee4 (May 29, 2008 at 9:18 pm)

I agree wit you entirely. I have to say that when James Joyce began writing Ulysses, Virgil the Aenid, Tolstoy War and Peace, or whatever their way of writing was far more complicated than step 1, 2, 3 etc. However, I can't help but feel some writers do write like this and enjoy great success through it. Jackie Collins, for instance, quite evidently is not in the same leage as Joyce or Tolstoy but she's made huge wadges of cash. Get rich without critical respect. Groovy.