Keep Calm and Write On

A blog about writing, and making, and doing, in the face of disappointment and rather stupid odds.

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    Nano Day Two

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    Sophie Pembroke
    on November 2nd, 2010 at 01:07 PM (Keep Calm and Write On)
    Well, it's the second day, and I'm still on schedule. For me, that might just be a NaNo miracle.

    I'm trying something a little new for the plotting and outlining of my novel this year. I started out by using PBW's block plotting method to help me hammer out the basics, then I split my story ...
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    NaNoWriMo 2010

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    Sophie Pembroke
    on November 2nd, 2010 at 01:06 PM (Keep Calm and Write On)
    November is here at last, which means it's time for NaNoWriMo!

    I love National Novel Writing Month. Some years I use it to write an idea I love but will never get around to otherwise. Some years I use it to write something I've fallen behind on. Sometimes it's just great to kickstart an ...
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    Rejection. Line by Line.

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    Sophie Pembroke
    on August 14th, 2010 at 06:36 PM (Keep Calm and Write On)
    Even the most nicely phrased “No” is still a rejection. But even the bluntest refusal has something you can learn from it.

    I’m lucky; my latest rejection is full of encouragement, advice and helpful comment. And now I’ve gotten over the sting of it also being a “No,” I thought I might ...
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    First Person. Positive.

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    Sophie Pembroke
    on July 19th, 2010 at 12:26 PM (Keep Calm and Write On)
    I'm currently rewriting my NaNoWriMo novel from last year - Sea Fever.

    At the time, I wrote it because the idea had been hanging around in my head for years, taking up valuable space, and I figured that if I just gave it a month is would be happy, satisfied, and leave me be. After all, ...
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    Style or Substance?

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    Sophie Pembroke
    on July 13th, 2010 at 06:10 PM (Keep Calm and Write On)
    I write like H. P. Lovecraft. Proof: http://iwl.me/s/147eabd8

    That is, according to the I Write Like website, which analysed my word choice and writing style, and compared it to those of famous writers.

    Since the text analysed was Dream a Little Dream - a women's fiction ...
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