Tag: fiction

That Hilarious Moment When You Realize You Effed Up Your Novel

On By Mark PerigardIn Writing2 Comments

I recently finished the second draft of my novel, and I was feeling satisfied.

The fall of the Bastille, courtesy of historycollection.com.

The hard-won result of two years of research and writing, my story is set in the years leading up to the French Revolution and follows my lead character into the Reign of Terror.

The second draft, in my humble opinion, was a massive improvement over the first. I had fleshed out character motivations and dropped some plot swerves that I hope will one day surprise readers.

But I decided to compare the timeline of actual events to the events in my novel.

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Before You Get a Freewrite, Answer This One Question

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The makers of the Freewrite bill it as a “smart typewriter.”

I see it as a dumb word processor.

But nicknames aside, the device has its allure.

I spent a good month reading and watching everything I could about the Freewrite.

These various models are marketed solely to writers. The hook is that they offer an immersive experience that is hard to find anywhere else because they are built for one thing and one thing only: writing.

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