Word Count & Nearing the Finish Line

Posted Pete Bauer Author, Gabby Wells, Marketing, Novella, Word Count, Writing

Getting over the hump sure has helped.  In a little over a week I was able to write 10,000 words and probably have another 3,000 ahead of me before putting Skyway aside. As I mentioned in a previous blog post, the scope and placement of Skyway has changed and the ripple effect of those changes […]

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Shifting and Shuffling

Posted Pete Bauer Author, Faith, Gabby Wells, Marketing, Novel, Novella, Writing

Funny thing about writing.  It’s a lot like life.  Just when you think you’ve got it all planned out, it changes right before your eyes. I’m nearing the completion of the second novella Skyway in our five novella Gabby Wells series.  The goal of the novellas was to introduce the readers to the characters and […]

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Word Count & Getting Over the Hump

Posted Pete Bauer Author, Gabby Wells, Marketing, Novella, Word Count, Writing

This week was a tough one, writing-wise.  As mentioned on our last podcast, the second novella, Skyway, takes place over a continuous 36 hour period.  Because of this limitation and a lot of the moving parts having to do with plot and character, what would normally be a smooth process has been quite a struggle. […]

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Word Count & Rewrites

Posted Pete Bauer Author, Gabby Wells, Marketing, Novella, Word Count, Writing

I did a lot of writing, but not that added a lot to the word count. I did add a couple of thousand words to Skyway, but spent most of the time re-writing The Homecoming Incident based on our Beta Reader feedback.  The end result was a couple of hundred more words in total, but […]

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Word Count & Stumbling Along

Posted Pete Bauer Author, Gabby Wells, Marketing, Novella, Writing

I didn’t do it.  I didn’t keep up my 1500 words a day.  I tried, but the empty page glared back at me this week. My problems were three-fold.  First and foremost, I was burned out.  I have never written 1500 words a day in my life.  Not solely toward a book.  Sure, I probably […]

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Word Count & Beta Readers

Posted Pete Bauer Author, Gabby Wells, Marketing, Novel, Novella, story telling, Word Count, Writing

The first Gabby Wells novella, The Homecoming Incident, is in the hands of my first group of Beta Readers.  Can’t wait to hear their responses, make the tweaks and send it to our second group of Beta Readers. I’m about one-third of the way through the first draft of the second novella titled Skyway. Not […]

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Word Count, Novellas and Novels

Posted Pete Bauer Author, Faith, Gabby Wells, Marketing, Novella, story telling, Word Count, Writing

As I mentioned yesterday, I finished the first draft of the novella The Homecoming Incident.  As the first of five novellas as part of the Gabby Wells Chronicles novella series, I’m excited to get that first draft done. Today I started outlining the second novella in the series, tentatively titled Skyway.  I’m trying to decide […]

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Daily Writing Word Count – On Track

Posted Pete Bauer Author, Faith, Gabby Wells, Marketing, Novel, story telling, Word Count, Writing

I set a goal of writing 1500 words a day during Lent.  So far I have lived up to that goal. I’ve written over 10,000 words since last week on the first Gabby Wells prequel called The Homecoming Incident.  If things go well, I’ll be able to push myself and complete the first draft over […]

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Book Review – Write. Publish. Repeat.

Posted Pete Bauer Author, Blog, Marketing, Novel, Social Media, story telling, Writing

To be published or self-publish, that is the question. Since the advent of the ebook, a slow and constant paradigm shift has been occurring in the publishing world.  Much like how Napster and, later, ITunes changed the face of music, Amazon and the Kindle have changed the face of publishing. No longer do authors have […]

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Lenten Writing Goal

Posted Pete Bauer Author, Faith, Gabby Wells, Marketing, Novel, story telling, Word Count, Writing

1500 words a day.  That’s my goal. Having suffered with Crohns disease for 24 years it has created numerous limitations in my life, both in diet and activity.  So, whenever Lent rolls around, instead of removing a food from my already small list of approved options, I choose to add something to my spiritual plate. […]

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Prequels and Perma-Free

Posted Pete Bauer Author, Gabby Wells, Novel, story telling, Writing

Free is a gateway. In the self-publishing world, giving away the first book in a series for free is one of the ways authors can get people to take a chance on their work.  The phrase is called “perma-free,” meaning permanently free and it allows readers to check out a new author or new series […]

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Podcast 04 – Screenplay to Novel Adaptation

Posted Pete Bauer Author, Novel, Podcast, Screenplay, story telling, Writing

Today’s podcast discusses some tips on how to adapt a screenplay into a novel. Here are a few steps to consider when adapting a screenplay to a novel. Step 1) Overview.  Look at the story from a 30,000 foot level.  Sketch out the basics of the plot (beginning, middle and end).  Also, write down the […]

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Residuals

Posted Pete Bauer Author, Screenplay, Writing

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, I was a screenwriter. I wrote screenplays, won some awards, had some optioned and a few produced. One of those screenplays I wrote at the request of a friend of mine, Jenni Gold. I recently mentioned Jenni in a post about her work on the […]

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Writing Space

Posted Pete Bauer Author, Novel, Screenplay, story telling, Typecasting, Writing

Does where you write effect how you write? When I was starting out writing screenplays, I read an interview with Patrick Sheane Duncan, screenwriter of the film Courage Under Fire, who said that he taught himself to write anywhere with a pad of paper and a pencil so that he could write whenever he was […]

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How Video Games Can Make You a Better Writer

Posted Pete Bauer Author, Blog, Novel, story telling

Video games can make you a better writer. I know what you’re thinking.  I’m nuts.  My wife would agree with you.  She is fond of calling them “stupid little video games.”  She’s also fond of calling anything that she thinks is a waste of time as “stupid little.”  Like this “stupid little blog entry.” But, […]

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It Only Took Sixty-Three Drafts to Learn How to Write

Posted Pete Bauer Author, Faith, Gabby Wells, Novel, Screenplay, story telling, Writing

Writing can be a painful experience. I spent the majority of my life around, involved in and pursuing a life in film.  I studied it, I performed in it, I wrote for it, I directed it and I loved it.  Some of my work made it to Hollywood, but most was of the independent nature. […]

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