Write Now Coach! Blog by Rochelle Melander

Dear Writers, It’s time to plan for National Novel Writing Month, and I can help! Tomorrow at the Write Now! Mastermind class, I’ll be talking to Angela Ackerman about building great characters. If you’re not signed up yet, you can do so here. If you need even more help, check... Read More

18 Oct 2013

National Novel Writing Month

Building Authentic Heroes by Angela Ackerman

Are you ready to NaNo? If not, I can help! Next week, I’ll be welcoming Angela Ackerman to the Write Now! Mastermind class to talk about Character Creation: Forging an Unforgettable Hero. We’ll meet next Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at 12:00 PM CDT (Think Chicago) to talk about building great characters. If you’re not... Read More

17 Oct 2013

National Novel Writing Month

How to Create Conflict and Plot Out of Character by K.M. Weiland

If you’re a NaNoWriMo participant or wannabe, you know that we’re counting down the days to the 2013 challenge with lots of blog posts to help you prepare. Next Tuesday, I’ll be offering a chance to win a copy of my book, Write-A-Thon: Write Your Book in 26 Days (And... Read More

15 Oct 2013

National Novel Writing Month, Write Now! Weekly Writing Tip

Keeping Track by Rochelle Melander

How does a novelist remember all those details about character and plot? I’ve been working with a teenaged client who’s writing an epic tale. He predicts the story will take seven books to tell. And, of course, with that much story, he’s also got a complicated plot, multiple characters, and... Read More

10 Oct 2013

Writers@Work

Writers@Work: The Art and Science of Translation by Katherine Douglass

When I first spoke with Katherine several years ago, she was living in France. Though she described her house as old and drafty, I envied her romantic life—living and working in the French countryside. She was working on a book, translating a journal and other French-language documents as part of... Read More

08 Oct 2013

Write Now! Weekly Writing Tip

Write What You … by Rochelle Melander

Note From Rochelle Dear Writers, I just looked at the calendar and realized that National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) starts three weeks from Friday. Yikes! That means, it’s time to start planning! If you’re thinking about joining the NaNoWriMo mayhem, then keep reading these tips. Every Tuesday from now until November,... Read More

01 Oct 2013

Write Now! Weekly Writing Tip

The Power of Effort by Rochelle Melander

We are responsible for the effort, not the outcome. —Unknown I once heard a doctor from Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin say that they cannot guarantee outcomes, but they can guarantee that the medical staff will give 100 percent effort. When writing is not going well, rejection letters are flowing in... Read More

24 Sep 2013

Write Now! Weekly Writing Tip

Get Structure and Write Faster by Rochelle Melander

No wonder so many adults long to return to university, to all those deadlines–ahhh, that structure! Scaffolding to which we may cling! Even if it is arbitrary, without it, we’re lost, wholly incapable of separating the Romantic from the Victorian in our sad, bewildering lives… —Marisha Pessl, Special Topics in... Read More