Tips, Tricks, and Tools for NaNoWriMo Fast Drafting

October 31, 2022October 30, 2022 ~ Erin Fulmer ~ Leave a comment

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Welcome to the wild winter word marathon known as National Novel Writing Month. Over the next thirty days, thousands of ambitious writers will churn out 50,000 words apiece to earn nothing but bragging rights, a hearty case of sleep deprivation, and hopefully part of a messy first … Continue reading Tips, Tricks, and Tools for NaNoWriMo Fast Drafting

Here Be Dragons: Outlining for Discovery Writers

March 28, 2022March 28, 2022 ~ Erin Fulmer ~ 5 Comments

If the prospect of outlining a new project make you want to run away to sea, you’re not alone. While some writers swear by extensive planning, others despise it. And some aspire to plan ahead, but find themselves uninspired by the process. The age-old split between plotters and pantsers may leave many in the latter … Continue reading Here Be Dragons: Outlining for Discovery Writers

My Top Five Pitch Wars Revision Lessons

February 5, 2021November 22, 2021 ~ Erin Fulmer ~ 3 Comments

February 1 marked the end of the Pitch Wars revisions period for the 2020 cohort. After two and a half months of hard work, I had rewritten about 70% of my manuscript, eliminated at least five minor characters (RIP) and three unique settings (subsurface ocean planet, someday I will return to you!), completely reworked two … Continue reading My Top Five Pitch Wars Revision Lessons

The Unstuckening: Tools for Writer’s Block

August 13, 2020November 22, 2021 ~ Erin Fulmer ~ 4 Comments

If a daily writing process is living the dream, than writer's block is a waking nightmare. Today, apropos of nothing, I'd like to share my tools for breaking through the wall and keeping the words flowing--even when the Muse has taken an unscheduled vacation.