A new scene with a secondary character, a small twist and this quote from Grant Faulkner: "Don’t write what you know, write what you want to know."

The first part of the episode covers the words:

Alacrity

Avuncular 

Matelot

Redolent Obverse

Ecumenical 

Peripatetic 

Arcana

At 13:30mins you can find some writing advice from Pilar today, inspired by something she observed in one of the books featured today: Exposure, by Helen Dunmore Hotel Alpha, by Mark Watson Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole, by Allan Roper (affiliate links)

Remember you can check out all the words covered in Word Maze in the Words and Books page  https://wordmaze.cafe/category/words-and-books/ You can about writing here: https://wordmaze.cafe/category/writing-advice/

I would love to hear from you: Have you got any words you’ve discovered lately? Any books you’d like to recommend? Have you come across an inspirational piece of advice on writing lately? Let me know. You can connect with me or on Twitter: @wordmazepodcast or pop over to www.wordmaze.cafe

I shouldn't have gone back to my first half, but I did and saw that the timeline is a mess.  What I've discovered about my protagonist's father and one of her rituals.  Why I need to develop "Steve" and what I discovered about him.  Is my character becoming a bit monotonous?!

Discovering how to make the transition from the Ordinary World to the adventure a bit more difficult for the character to make; the difficulties of finding the moment when she accepts the call to action. 

Finally outlining! The little monsters that have appeared as characters, and mixing up the number of characters to colour the plot. 

The first part of this episode covers:

remonstrating Hackles Mufti Shuftisluicing bumptious avidity cinch stymie vindication These words come from these books:  “A Question of Blood” by Ian Rankin. "Alys Always" by Harriet Lane. "Team of Teams" by Stanley McChrystal. At xxxx there is writing advice from an Episode 12 of “A Stab in the Dark” by Ian Rankin.

Pilar also mentions her own book, "Hi, I'm Here for a Recording. The ordinary life of a voiceover artist."

Remember you can check out all the words covered in Word Maze in the Words and Books page  https://wordmaze.cafe/category/words-and-books/ You can about writing here: https://wordmaze.cafe/category/writing-advice/

I would love to hear from you: Have you got any words you’ve discovered lately? Any books you’d like to recommend? Have you come across an inspirational piece of advice on writing lately? Let me know. You can connect with me or on Twitter: @wordmazepodcast or pop over to www.wordmaze.cafe

The obsession with word count and how it's helping me to keep going.  The point of NaNoWriMo is not to generate quality, but quantity. And in typing away, you get to break through your conscious choices and explore what else is in your subconscious.  I'm certainly discovering a lot about my characters and I share this with you.  I share what I've discovered about my protagonist, also her fear that people have an advantage over her.  Today I used the timer. 

I'd forgotten to write the ordinary world scene and when I did, I discovered my protagonist was hooked on sleeping pills.  I recommend Scrivener. 

Writing an outline with different options for the characters; writing the final scene; discovering that your first novel is the result of trying to understand yourself... 

No writing yesterday but I caught up with my word count today! Musings on avoiding "deep thinking", how word count is motivating me and the temptation of sub-plots.