by Patti Miinch | Oct 26, 2021 | 000 words, 50, blog, NaNoWriMo, novel, rough draft, social media, writing
In six days, NaNoWriMo 2021 will kick off. For those who aren’t familiar with NaNoWriMo, it is a yearly, November challenge in which people around the globe attempt to write a 50,000-word-minimum rough draft of a novel. As the founder and current...
by Patti Miinch | Sep 7, 2021 | author, book, factorfiction, novel, writing
Other than short stories and a novel written in 5th grade that has long since disappeared, the writing I’ve done throughout my life has been nonfiction. In grade school and high school, it was summaries, reports and essays; in college and grad school, my writing time...
by Patti Miinch | Apr 30, 2019 | Blue Ridge Mountain Christian Writers Conference, expert, Hitting Submit, novel, Patti Miinch, practicum, procrastinate, procrastination, writing, writing sample
First, I procrastinated.I didn’t just procrastinate. I procrastinated in a manner worthy of a gold medal, were procrastination an Olympic event.I did laundry and cleaned the house. I called friends and asked if they needed help with anything. I began not one,...
by Patti Miinch | Feb 26, 2019 | Because I want to, book, novel, writer, writing
I’m writing a book.There. I’ve said it. You have no idea how hard it was for me to type that. I feel like a cliche. You know, the proverbial English teacher who envisions herself a great novelist. But I don’t envision myself as a great novelist (or a great...
by Patti Miinch | Jan 16, 2018 | book, boy, elements, feature, girl, ideas, Judy Blume, novel, plot, story, tell
I stumbled across this image this past week and immediately saved it as my phone’s wallpaper and screensaver.It appeals to me in part because I am a writer.But it speaks to me even more because I’m a reader. A reader who sometimes is frustrated by finding...
by Patti Miinch | Mar 22, 2017 | film, Jesus, movie, novel, Papa, The Shack, William Paul Young
Today I’m joining all the other bloggers and social media folks who are weighing in on the movie version of William Paul Young’s best-selling novel The Shack.I read The Shack when it was first published, back in 2008. Even if you disagree with my next...
