| Learning how to keep records for the IRS can be trying, at best. Here are some links that writers can find useful in keeping records. Tax Information for Writers Tax Tips by a Writer |
| Some of the best advice I've received from numerous writers was to "get to know my characters". In order to accomplish that, I realized that I needed to "interview" them. Keeping up with everything I needed to know, and some things I didn't, made me realize I needed some form to help me keep track. Here's my character synopsis template, available for download. Robin's Character Synopsis Template |
| As I'm a "seat-of-the-pants" writer, completing a synopsis prior to writing the book is a completely foreign concept to me. I usually sit down with an idea, pound out a couple of chapters, then read what's going on. At that point, I do my Character Synopsis and decide what plot twists my characters are going to experience. It's only then that I make myself some rough "outline". Once I have my rough outline, I break it into a scene index. This is especially useful during rewrites and edits, as each scene has a word count column and there's a cumulative column as well. Here's my scene index template, available for download. Robin's Scene Index Template |
| In progressing the character changes, there must be a reason for it....here's a chart that helped me play it out. Character Changes Worksheet |
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