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Category: Nuts and Bolts

My PB Writing Persona

Feb 25, 2020Suanna DavisNuts and Bolts, Share the Journey

Yesterday I wrote about Candy Fleming’s idea that we should sharpen our writing persona. I said I was going to go through my stories to see what elements I repeat.…

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Since May

Feb 13, 2020Suanna DavisNuts and Bolts, Share the Journey

Background: May of 2019 is when I decided to embark on a quest to become a children’s book author. I don’t know exactly what day, though I know I had…

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Brainstorming Childhood Memories

Jan 29, 2020Suanna DavisNuts and Bolts, Share the Journey

Lauren Kerstein suggested brainstorming using your childhood memories. Like she did in her post for StoryStorm, I am just going to list some of my childhood memories. Finding brand new shoes…

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Brainstorming

Jan 25, 2020Suanna DavisHints and Helps, Nuts and Bolts, Refine Your Craft, Share the Journey

I joined StoryStorm to get more good ideas. The month is almost over and I’ve done well with StoryStorm. Brainstorming: But if you didn’t join, that doesn’t mean you can’t…

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StoryStorm Ideas

Jan 17, 2020Suanna DavisNuts and Bolts, Plans and Dreams, Research and Ideas for Writing, Share the Journey

The Blog: I have not kept up with the blog, even though I know good and well there is awesome stuff in there. My Ideas: I have, however, kept up…

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When You Get Stuck

Jan 9, 2020Suanna DavisHints and Helps, Nuts and Bolts, Refine Your Craft, Share the Journey

My son, who studied actuarial science and graduated with a degree in mathematics, is a full-time online author. In the last two years he has written over 3 million words.…

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Happy New Year!

Jan 1, 2020Suanna DavisNuts and Bolts, Plans and Dreams, Share the Journey

I am halfway through my year of writing children’s books. That’s what I got in May of 2019, one year. And I had some incredible goals. One was to write…

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Finished!

Nov 30, 2019Suanna DavisNuts and Bolts, Share the Journey

I signed up for and finished the 50,000 words for NaNoWriMo. I wrote 50,000+ words on my MG novel. This novel is based of a world I have written over…

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Writing a Hook

Nov 26, 2019Suanna DavisNuts and Bolts, Share the Journey

Writing a hook: Has to be short (max of 50 words). Should be one sentence. Introduce the main character. State theme and core plot conflict. Add context. So how do…

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10 Rules for Writing

Nov 10, 2019Suanna DavisNuts and Bolts, Share the Journey

The Guardian in the UK has a post, “10 Rules for Writing Fiction.” In it they asked authors for their 10 rules, so the compilation is over 1o0. I limited…

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