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While I do have big things in progress for Fictional Worlds which I'm hoping to reveal over the next two weeks, I don't have much to say today. My first week back to school, while awesome-for a week of school-has been more tiring than I would've expected.

I've started working-albeit slowly-on my Pre-Nano workshop in October. It will consist of three weekly worldbuilding exercises-probably Monday, Tuesday, and Friday, or perhaps one on Monday, one on Friday, and one on the weekend-and a weekly prompt. I'm probably going to focus more on plot this year, with a couple of characterization exercises; this workshop will be for those of us working in a familiar world.

I'm also looking for Nanowrimo participants from previous years who would like to write a pep talk here at Fictional Worlds during November. I'm sure many of you have something great to say about Nanowrimo, and I'd love to hear it. Pep talks should be around 500 words. Write up a draft and send me an email at diannalgunn@gmail.com

Last but not least, I've got one question:

What kinds of exercises would you like to see in my Pre-Nano workshop?

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We Interrupt this Program...

September 7th 2010 12:49

...To inform you that the posting schedule here at Fictional Worlds is changing. With the school year's arrival many things are changing for me. School becomes a factor taking large amounts of time out of my day. Homework becomes a factor. In spite of that, I will be increasing my weekly output.

How is this possible or recommended? I'm cutting back on partying and on social events, perhaps-probably-even socializing in general. I need to spend more time on my writing and I need to make school my second priority-second only to my writing. It's time to get down to serious business; I want to send a novel out to agents the moment I'm eighteen and can sign a contract myself. Realistically I have a long way to go before I'm ready for that; people bother me.

So what will my new posting schedule be?

I should be posting every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, three posts being the minimum every week. Wednesday will become prompt day-starting tomorrow-instead of Tuesday.

I'm confident that I'll be able to post three days a week without putting too much strain on myself or my blogging.

Workshops may be different. For example, during October I'll probably be posting every week day with pre-Nano exercises.

There will be no workshop this month because I'm getting myself back into the routine of school, but I will be doing a pre-Nano workshop, a series of Nano-related posts, and I'm working on a short story workshop for December.

Thanks for your support. A prompt will be up tomorrow.

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