by Rachel Russell | Jun 21, 2020 | Novel writing
I completed my first draft in a record (for me) 117 days. I knew it wasn’t perfect, but I wasn’t sure exactly what all I needed to do with it. I’d stared at it for 3 1/2 months straight and it had all become a bit of a blur. Enter the macro-edit....
by Rachel Russell | Feb 10, 2019 | Novel writing
We never know when life events will disrupt every facet of our personal world. As a creative, it can be challenging to continue working during times of emotional upheaval. Stop by My Book Therapy’s Learn How to Write a Novel blog to find out what I did when an...
by Rachel Russell | Dec 10, 2018 | Novel writing
Is there a story on your heart? Maybe it’s been brewing for decades. Maybe you woke up one morning and it all came to you. Either way, you start writing, putting the pen to paper. Until you realize that your story is still more like a gloppy lump of clay than...
by Rachel Russell | Nov 3, 2018 | Novel writing
It’s NaNoWriMo. Each November, writers embark on “National Novel Writing Month” with the goal being to crank out 50,000 words during the month. That’s a lot. The bright side of this is one must turn off their internal editor because...
by Rachel Russell | Aug 25, 2018 | Novel writing
If you’ve caught my Facebook posts, you know that my time at the Oregon Christian Writers 2018 Summer Coaching Conference was AMAZING. I won’t repeat myself here (make sure you check it out), but there was a critical surprise. You might even call it a...
by Rachel Russell | Aug 11, 2018 | Novel writing
Writers can be a fickle lot. You start out with the best idea ever. Your story seed–that little golden nugget of an idea that bursts into a full-on, Hollywood blockbuster in your mind. You see the climax, you see the last scene. It is awesome. Then you start...
