The last episode of the current season!

Pilar talks about what she's gained from taking part in previous NaNoWriMo s and encourages anyone who's been thinking of writing a novel to try it too.

What is NaNoWriMo https://nanowrimo.org/

Community aspect
You commit for a month, that might be easier
You discover the story
I learned to sit and write - at least to sit and start
Learn what works, what doesn't
Helps you to talk about writing without saying you're a writer

Why Pilar is pausing her novel writing and this podcast.

If you're looking for podcast help, get in touch via www.pilarwrites.com

In today's episode, Pilar talks about:

Why she's stuck.

How the story's changed once she got writing, and how the idea can develop.

What's she learned from Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

What's she's incorporated from Scott King's Story Pitch

Here's the link to exporting synopses from Scrivener https://www.scrivenervirgin.com/2018/05/file-compile-export-synopsis/

She also mentions Austin Kleon's clarification of what he means by Show Your Work, in his interview in the What You Will Learn podcast.

You can find her Trello board here https://trello.com/b/3LUWiqsc/pilars-board-on-writing-for-word-maze-podcast and you can get in touch with her through www.pilarwrites.com

Pilar has realised that all her character was doing was living in the past, but she has a couple of things she's going to try to make the character more active.

Following feedback from her writing coach, she now needs to almost go back to the drawing board, but this presents plenty of opportunities to make the piece richer.

Plus: Thinking Remote: Inspiration for leaders of distributed teams is now out in audiobook format.