Writing Fiction

» nanhawthorne - What are you working on?

In response to What are you working on? posted by Writerrider:

I posted a new topic with my genre, historical fiction, but I think this is the place you wanted more info from me, JJ.

I have a few projects underway at any given time. Just now they are:

The Blue lady Tavern , a weekly blog with tales in the persona and voice of a female Saxon tavernkeeper.

My novel, "The Story", which is an attempt to take stories a teen friend and I wrote together in the 1960s and turn them into a novel with material on how the stories came to be, etc.

Ghostletters is a Yahoogroup I run and use to flesh out character development. I am currently introducing some characters who will star in my ghost mysteries set in 10th century Winchester. I have other stories going there too.

And.. and this is why I am here.. I am trying to get some small amounts of money coming in by writing articles on any sort of hack or other topic anyone wants to pay for.

That's pretty much it. Great to be among you.

Nan Hawthorne

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» Jennifer Jensen - What are you working on?

In response to What are you working on? posted by nanhawthorne:

Great to have a historical writer on board, Nan! My middle grade novel (waiting for a yea or nay from a publisher) is a time-travel back to 1832 in Indiana. No particular tie-in to important historical events, just every day life, an adventure, and a ghost that needs to be laid to rest. But for children's fiction, there is a huge tendency to want historical stuff tied into major events, so I don't know how viable it really is. I'll keep you all posted.

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» Karen Lotter - What are you working on?

In response to What are you working on? posted by Writerrider:

I'm not working on very much in the line of fiction at the moment. I write mainly political speeches for a living, maybe some people think that qualifies as fiction...

I've got a MS at a US publisher. They have said they want it and they'll get back to me to do a bit of rewriting. So I'm just waiting for the contract. I write mysteries - detective stories set in South Africa.

So we'll see. I write all kinds of short stories too.

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» Victoria Anisman-Reiner - What are you working on?

In response to What are you working on? posted by Writerrider:
I've got several burners running in my writing on health, natural and holistic medicine.

In fiction... I've got two NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) completed novel drafts, both SFF, one of which I'm actively working on revising and editing.

I wish I were a little more focused. Although I can write a messy novel/story draft, and write and edit non-fiction, no matter what my mood (the NaNoWriMo motto is "Don't get it right, get it written"), I have to be in the right mindset to edit fiction productively.

Anybody else write both fiction and non-fiction, and find one much harder and/or more emotionally draining than the other?

Writing non-fiction is easy for me, but fiction is much more intense. Which is it for you?

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» nanhawthorne - What are you working on?

In response to What are you working on? posted by Writerrider:

Jennifer, one of the books I recall most fondly from elementary school was a little book where each chapter was a boy and girl from a different part of the world.. I just loved the book and it had quite an impact on me as a writer. I should think not tying books too closely to historical events would be preferable.. after all, what was the last historical event you were part of?

Nan

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» nanhawthorne - What are you working on?

In response to What are you working on? posted by OilsDragon:

Victoria, I write both and agree.. but since I practically believe my particular set of characters are real people, the emotional drain and the more positive aspects of living in a fream world make sense.

Nan

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» Jennifer Jensen - What are you working on?

In response to What are you working on? posted by OilsDragon:

I can't believe you've done NaNoWriMo twice! I've considered it, but I can never get enough plot and characterization done to begin properly without starting to write along the way. And then I get stuck and have to research or ponder a lot before getting going again.

My non-fiction, as long as it isn't 3,000 word articles, is MUCH easier than fiction. (The long articles get intimidating in the organizational department.) For fiction, if I have a scene playing in my head, I can keep going once I get the first sentence typed. If I don't have a scene playing, I can stare at the computer for a week and wonder where to start. But once I do, the scene will flow, whether or not I keep it. Actually, for me, getting it out of my head and onto the paper is the hardest part--revising, even if I need huge changes, is a lot less intimidating! And less emotionally draining.

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» Victoria Anisman-Reiner - What are you working on?

In response to What are you working on? posted by Writerrider:

NaNoWriMo is intimidating the first time. After that, you know you've got it in you if you can only put the time aside - so I just went for it. I actually used my 2006 NaNoWriMo novel ("NaNovel") to vent a lot of things I wanted to express.

My first year, I had planned and outlined up the wazoo - but the second time 'round, all I had was an idea and an opening scene. The rest grew pretty much organically, and I think it's much better than my first NaNovel was. I got stuck at one point (and it was immensely frustrating coming back to that same troublesome scene that wasn't working for three days in a row, when I was getting up at 5:00 and 5:30 in the morning to write!) but I worked it through and kept writing.

Anything else I'd say here would probably work just as well as a NaNoWriMo article - if you're interested! :D

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» bedwyn - What are you working on?

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I am writing a fantasy story, I don't know whether it's going to be a novel or a short story, bt I'm still in brainstorming phase, thinking about what's going to happen in it.

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» Victoria Anisman-Reiner - What are you working on?

In response to What are you working on? posted by OilsDragon:

Here's the new article on National Novel Writing Month. Feel free to leave any comments here!

Best wishes,

~Victoria

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