Lore & LilacA drafting routine that survives real life
Design your routine for an ordinary, slightly tired week, with rest built in and a clear way back when life gets in the way.
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Related glossary terms
- Word countThe number of words in a manuscript, used to judge whether a novel's length suits its genre and audience, and to track drafting progress.
- Discovery writingDrafting without a detailed plan and finding the story's shape through the act of writing it, sometimes called pantsing.
- OutlineA plan of a story's events, scenes or chapters written before or during drafting, ranging from a few lines to a detailed scene list.
- Story bibleA reference collection recording the established facts of a novel, such as characters, places, objects, rules and timeline, so they stay consistent from chapter to chapter.
- Fresh eyesThe ability to read your own work as if for the first time, usually regained by setting a draft aside for a while.
- RevisionThe process of re-seeing and reworking a draft, from structure, scene order and character arcs down to the sentences themselves.