Word Maze - what I'm learning about writing
Pilar OrtiThe second season of Word Maze is all about writing fiction. Join Pilar during NaNoWriMo. Writing, struggling, reading (favourite mode of procrastination) and podcasting her journey. Happy 50k if you're also Nanoing!
| Publishes | Monthly | Episodes | 48 | Founded | 8 years ago |
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The last episode of the current season! Pilar talks about what she's gained from taking part in previous NaNoWriMo s and encourages anyone who's been thinking of writing a novel to try it too. What is NaNoWriMo nanowrimo.org/
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In today's episode, Pilar talks about:
Why she's stuck.
How the story's changed once she got writing, and how the idea can develop. What's she learned from Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman What's she's incorporated from Scot... more
Pilar has realised that all her character was doing was living in the past, but she has a couple of things she's going to try to make the character more active. Following feedback from her writing coach, she now needs to almost go back to the drawin... more
You'd think it's obvious, but it's taken Pilar quite a while to realise the main difference between writing a non-fiction book and writing a novel. Pilar recommends Anne Janzer’s excellent book on writing non-fiction, "Writing to Be Understood: Wha... more
Why do we write? I struggled so much during the re-write that I almost threw it all away and gave up this "I want to write fiction" thing.
Why I didn't:
• I hate dropping stuff before giving it a proper go - that's why I went to drama school
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Pilar updates listeners on her writing retreat and how it's difficult to explain to people who don't write that writing is not driven by inspiration. She shares her struggle with technique and the bad writing habits she's discovered. This episode's... more
I've finally received some feedback, at a micro and macro level. Lots to think about regarding character, supporting characters and the level of trauma the character is carrying with her at the beginning of the story, and what's triggered by the inc... more
Today I share how I'm struggled to write a scene which was hard for the character to go through.
The writing journal has been very useful in identifying where I need to pay attention to next in the story. How shall I incorporate all the subplots ... more
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