Lahna Greene
Inktober into NaNoWriMo
For NaNoWriMo 2024, I'm writing a novel without as much planning.
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Lahna Greene
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NaNoWriMo 2024 Planning
It's almost November, so it's time to brainstorm new novel ideas
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A Protagonist's Safe Place
Identifying and using a protagonist's safe place can help give them depth.
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Brainstorming the First Draft
This brainstorming session encourages writers with tips to dig deep into their first drafts.
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Redefining Character Motivations
As an artist and author, I suffer from a permanent condition that threatens to keep me stagnant. I can express it in many ways, but I'll...
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Blurbs: Joining Two Worlds
When it comes to romantic fiction, the "opposites attract" trope is one of my favorites—not just because my husband and I fall into that...
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Story Development: Gratitude
One of my fellow volunteer ladies has a beautiful heart that shines the brightest during Christmastime. She prices household and...
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Fifty Thousand Words
What is it like to write over 50,000 words in less than a month? It's not quite as straightforward as baking bread, but the process is...
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Pencil Pricks - Go
It's time to kick off NaNoWriMo 2023. One month, 50k words—an average of about 1700 per day. At the end? A first draft of a new novel....
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NaNo '23 Week 6: Countdown to Pencil Pricks
I don't often do minimalist art, but the results do often surprise me when I try. For my Inktober challenges, I prefer to force myself...
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NaNo '23 Week 5: More Pencil Pricks Prep
Prepping a novel is similar to planting seeds. Before I try to grow a particular plant, I need to know the conditions the seeds require...
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NaNo '23 Week 4 Exercise: What Place is This?
Worldbuilding isn't just essential for stories set in hovering mountain ranges or arid cities on distant planets. Each character needs a...
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NaNo '23 Week 3 Exercise: Plots and Spots
Sunrises inspire me as much as a blank page. They're the hope of a new day, a new novel on the horizon—but the unknown can be...
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NaNo '23 Week 2 Exercise: Shaping Characters
This week's exercise is all about characters. No one wants to pick up a book and within the first few chapters, think something like, "I...
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NaNo '23 Week 1 Exercise: Pencil Pricks
During my last volunteer shift at the charity thrift store, these paper-wrapped pencils came in a donated clothing sack. I could expound...
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Characters: Half Developed
Every now and then, a hilarious donation comes through the charity thrift store where I volunteer. This little gem happens to be half our...
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Characters: Vulnerability
Early this morning, hubs glanced out the front door window and saw this. A tiny fawn had lost its mother and decided to take refuge in...
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Plot Devices: New Discoveries (Mulberries)
Not every story plot has to begin with a tragedy. An inciting incident can be as simple as a character making a new discovery in a place...
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A Character's "Treasure"
I found this old Pokemon game guide in a chest back at my parent's house. The featured game is over 20 years old. I loved it. Teenage me...
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Editing Three Scoops
Looking back on life evokes an array of emotions in each person. Someone who broke a severe addiction may feel gratitude for those who...
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