No Write Way

My 404

by jcurcio October 30, 2008 Fallen Nation

This past year has held a lot of changes and challenges for me. I broke up with my girlfriend of five years, (see? I told you I’d finally mention it publicly- no details though guys, LJdrama is so 1998), I’m working a full-time day job, I’ve put my non-or-little-paying creative projects on hiatus until I [...]

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No Write Way #6

by jcurcio October 30, 2007 No Write Way

No Write Way 6 The Slow Start James Curcio Image by Jon Keegan. (No Write Way 1-6.) When you quietly complete your first edition, buy a handful of copies and get them off to people who’s opinion you trust. Ideally these will be fellow writers or editors, but barring that, well-read friends will do just [...]

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No Write Way 5

by jcurcio October 18, 2007 No Write Way

No Write Way 5 Some print-on-demand options James Curcio So, let’s suppose that you’ve written your novel. You’ve pulled your hair out on the editorial process (and probably received an inordinate amount of contradictory advice), and burned your eyes …

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No Write Way 4

by jcurcio August 12, 2007 No Write Way

No Write Way 4 Layout on the not-so-cheap Tovarich So you’ve sequestered yourself away for two years, altered your mental and physical chemistry through sleep deprivation and God knows what else, overcome the existential crises, and managed to produce and edit your manuscript. Congratulations, you’ve made it through the first 90% of the work. Now [...]

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No Write Way 3

by jcurcio July 15, 2007 No Write Way

No Write Way 3 Editorial: Reality Sets In. James Curcio No Write Way 1. No Write Way 2. So you’ve put easily a year or more of work into putting together a solid rough draft of your novel. Many people consider this to be the hard part, but really, it’s as good as it gets. [...]

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No Write Way 2

by jcurcio June 24, 2007 No Write Way

No Write Way 2 Self-Publishing Rules of Thumb: The Story. James Curcio (Part 1 here.) Once you’ve riffed for a while on your characters, it’s time to start thinking about the story. This still isn’t a plot, but you can begin to develop a theme. Why are you writing a story about these characters? What’s [...]

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No Write Way 1

by jcurcio June 22, 2007 No Write Way

No Write Way 1 Self-Publishing Rules of Thumb: Characters and Concepts. James Curcio There are many ways for an author these days to get their work into the form of a physical book. We are going to cover those soon, but it struck me that in most articles I’ve seen about self publishing, whether the [...]

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