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The Skeleton Of A Novel
https://shaunkeenan.com/After a huge delay, mostly caused by the premature birth of my son, we are back to the synopsis series!The Simple SynopsisThe simple synopsis is a bullet point list of scenes,...
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The Meat and Flesh of Your Novel
Synopsis Series: Part 8The Layout Of The Detailed Novel Synopsis:Okay, we have looked at the character sheet for the Jake Corvus Method and we have a simple synopsis, which has the basic details of the...
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The Fur and Feathers of your Novel
Synopsis Series: Part 9“Jake, Tell Me About All Those Weird Unnecessary Looking Bits.”The weird extra bit are what keeps your novel balanced and compelling. They may seem unnecessary now, maybe even...
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Planning Scenes That Make Writing A Breeze
Synopsis Series: Part 10The Bricks That Build A NovelScenes are the bricks that build a novel. I’ve talked about what scenes need to really be spectacular in my last post. However you should fill out...
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Feedback? For A Synopsis? Are You Crazy, Jake?
Synopsis Series: Part 11Finding Weaknesses In Your SynopsisJust like any first draft, your synopsis is not going to come out perfect. Unlike a novel, its not going to take re-writes and multiple drafts...
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Happiness Series: 12 - Happiness Exercise 2: Limiting and Negative Beliefs
Negative Self BeliefsYou would rather be right than happy. If you need a refresher on this, go back to week three and re-read the post I wrote on the topic. You will always choose to belief information...
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Happiness Series: 13 - Happiness Exercise 3: What sort of person do you want...
If You Could Be Anyone, Who Would You Be?What if I told you you could erase all your flaws, all your past mistakes, and design the person you want to be from the ground up? Gender, education, family,...
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BIG BABY NEWS
I am interrupting the happiness blog series to bring you all some very happy news! I am four months pregnant. I started IUI (like IVF, but less invasive) in May and my first attempt was successful. So,...
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Happiness Series: 14 - Happiness Exercise 4: Relationship Exercises
Romantic RelationshipsIn modern days, romantic relationships are more important than they have ever been. The social and family networks we used to rely on are fading out. Community is giving way to...
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Happiness Series: 15 - Happiness Exercise 5: Your Perfect Week
The Perfect WeekThese exercises can be a bit of a double edged sword. I love them, and they help me a lot. However there is a way to do them very badly. We all know comparison is the key to...
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Happiness Series: 16 - Happiness Exercise 6: What Didn't You Include?
Do You Want To Abandon Your Life And Start Over?Do you look around and just feel overwhelmed by all your stuff and responsibilities and commitment and just want to abandon it all and go on holiday or...
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Can You Magically Up Your Productivity By 400% With One Stupid Trick?
Can You Magically Up Your Productivity By 400% With One Stupid Trick?"Never go to sleep without a request for your subconscious."– Thomas Eddison. (Assuming he didn't steal that too.)I was inspired to...
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Update From The Heart Of The Chaos Void
Hey Beautiful People,This is a quick update to tell you what I am busy with this week! Normally I like to update my blog on Wednesdays, but for the next two weeks I am having a small blog hiatus to...
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Hold out for next week!
As I said, no post this week. But next week we kick off!To make it up to you, here are some photos of my pets.
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Writing In Progress!
There has been an unexpected delay in the next blog series. Which is mostly that editing POS has taken up more time than I expected! And there were a few days of unexpected clean up after the big...
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Jake's Ethical Christmas
It's October 24th, which means you have exactly two months to plan and prepare for Christmas!This is probably an element of my personality only people close to me know about, but I am passionate about...
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Jake Talks About Lists Again
Obsessive Compulsive Meets OrganisationAnyone who knows me well, knows I have a deep and unhealthy passion for lists. List are life. Lists are love. People also know I am painfully organised. My house...
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Do You Struggle With What To Write Next?
Synopsis Series: Part 1Tell me if this sounds familiar. You have a few hours set aside to do some writing. You sit down with a coffee or tea and re-read the past couple of pages. You have a vague idea...
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The Five Core Parts Of A Good Synopsis
Synopsis Series: Part 2I keep taking about ‘proper’ synopsises, but in truth there are many fantastic ways to do a synopsis and they can be quite different. What I am talking in this blog series is...
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The Command Center of Your Novel
Synopsis Series: Part 3Writing an overview sounds ridiculously simple, maybe so simple you wonder why it needs its own blog post at all. Depending on your experience level, it may be a lot harder than...
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Characters Readers Remember Forever
Synopsis Series: Part 4Characters Readers Remember ForeverCan you name five of your favorite characters from books? How about five of the best known ones? Have you heard of these characters? Harry...
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Character Mistakes You Can't Afford To Make
Synopsis Series: Part 5Welcome back! This week we continue with character profiles and how to set them up so you create characters readers never forget. You can re-read last weeks post, with the full...
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Jake's 2018 Achievements
HOW WAS YOUR 2018?Small break in the synopsis series this week to look at my 2018 summary. It can be easy to fall into the trap of feeling like the year flew by too fast, and you got nothing done.I...
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Building An Empire
Synopsis Series: Part 6Sorry about the missed posts! I was in hospital having a baby.The Worst World Building Comes From LazinessThe worst books, the ones I put down right away, are the ones that...
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Hey gang!I won't be posting any new updates here for a while. If you would like to stay up to date with my shenanigans, please sign up to my newsletter on my website for one a month...
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