00:10:42 Sharon Svitak: Hi Ezra! 00:11:04 Carol: The iCat 00:11:23 Ezra Barany's iPad: Meow! Leo said. 00:11:24 Shannon: Hiya! 00:11:32 Carol: Ventura, CA 00:11:34 JennyG: San Diego 00:11:36 Calvin: Chattanooga 00:11:37 Ezra Barany's iPad: Oakland! 00:11:38 Shannon: UC Berkeley 00:11:38 kay: michigan 00:11:38 Nick Anderson: Marengo, IA 00:11:39 Sharon Svitak: I am in Dublin 00:11:39 Tami: Alberta, Canada 00:11:40 dianathomas: I’m in Danbury, CT 00:11:43 Derek: I'm SoCal, Yucaipa, CA, near Redlands. 00:11:45 Denise: CT 00:11:45 Donna: Donna in Pocahontas, Arkansas 00:11:45 Naomi Bellina: From hotter than Mordor Florida. 00:11:46 dbostic: Bethesda, MD 00:11:48 stephenmoses: Oakland 00:11:56 Jan: Washington Olympic Peninsula 00:12:00 The Purple Ink Cafe: Ontario, Canada 00:16:59 David Strom: how about best way to plane a novel? 00:17:32 Carol: I like to write horizontally. 00:17:59 Renee: pencil and spiral handy 00:18:23 dbostic: My biggest issue is how do you show and not tell. This is Dee in Bethesda 00:19:54 Karen's phone: hi guys. mika lane here :) 00:20:13 Shannon: Yay NaNo! 00:20:18 Renee: NaNoWriMo is something every writer should do at least once. 00:20:56 Derek: agreed, renee. 00:21:32 Hugh Tipping: sorry I'm late. :( 00:21:44 Derek: You're fired. 00:21:52 Hugh Tipping: :'( 00:21:55 Derek: :D 00:22:00 Sharon Svitak: Do you have a marketing class. 00:23:02 Tami: Sharon, yes and it's a great marketing and branding class! 00:23:03 Derek: One year I did many shorts. 00:23:11 Derek: lol nope 00:23:13 Shannon: I'll have NaNo Write-ins sessions at Doe on Sundays! 00:23:46 Shannon: Moved it for you two :) 00:23:54 David Strom: can you put that into the chat? 00:24:16 David Strom: Doe? location again? 00:24:41 Kathleen: Doe sundays date time? UC campus? 00:24:47 Shannon: UC Berkeley, Doe Library, Rm 303, more details to be announced on the official NaNoWriMo site 00:24:59 David Strom: Henrietta! 00:25:09 Carol: She knows what she's talking about. 00:25:16 Kathleen: ty re doe 00:25:24 Shannon: yr welcome1 00:25:27 Shannon: ! 00:26:27 Kiala Givehand: I had a one hour session with Beth that felt like a mini course in self-publishing. OUTSTANDING knowledge and she teaches from what she’s done!!! 00:26:36 Kiala Givehand: Hey lovely!!! 00:27:47 Shannon: woo hoo! 00:27:48 Hugh Tipping: Happy Anniversary, guys! 00:28:01 Sharon Svitak: C ongratulations! 00:28:10 Kiala Givehand: Happy Anniversary!!!! 00:28:38 Hugh Tipping: Kiala, I've had a lot of phone calls with Beth. I can hardly wait to talk about how terrific that has been. 00:28:40 Tami: Happy anniversary! 00:29:16 Derek: diggin the cap 00:29:26 Carol: I love the hair, Ezra. 00:30:03 Renee: Some of us kinda do both. 00:30:45 Kiala Givehand: Yes Hugh!!! Hope I can stay to hear your journey. 00:32:14 Shannon: Love it! 00:33:54 Beth Barany: 😊 thanks Shannon! 00:40:44 Hugh Tipping: Buffy! 00:40:46 Shannon: genius 00:41:43 Derek: What was that middle part? 00:42:24 Beth Barany: Derek, do you mean tip #2? 00:42:46 Derek: haha, I was being a jerk, as usual. It's from "A Fish Called Wanda." 00:42:56 Nadine Travers: For a panster how to manage it?? 00:43:01 David Strom: Dragon ball Z planet blows up in 5 minutes 00:43:05 Beth Barany: Haha, Derek! 00:43:36 Beth Barany: Nadine, Manage what specifically? 00:43:44 Nadine Travers: Outline like this?? 00:44:05 Nadine Travers: Pikachu will electrify everyone, delay 5 min ;) 00:44:13 Beth Barany: you don't! 😊 i certainly don't! 00:44:38 Sharon Svitak: Scrivener also has an index cards 00:44:48 Nadine Travers: Ok... I do map mapping and GMC for all but the rest.. I let it flow 00:45:00 Kiala Givehand: Pretty sure I’m a PLANCER :-) 00:45:13 Beth Barany: lol Kiala! 00:45:16 Shannon: Pantser all the way 00:45:19 Kiala Givehand: A little bit of plotting and a little fly by the seat 00:45:27 Hugh Tipping: I tried that, Kiala. I didn't do so well. I needed to plot my story better then pants the scenes. hehe 00:45:59 Nadine Travers: i did too Beth, until I saw that I didn't follow the scene how I plan it too ;) 00:46:18 Kiala Givehand: Absolutely Hugh. That might be what I’m describing. Start by plotting then fly by the seat. 00:46:29 David Strom: I think that can happen to me sometimes 00:47:43 David Strom: yes, I will watch that int he future 00:47:53 Shannon: does each character have to have all the parts of each scene? 00:47:54 David Strom: I am an outliner! 00:48:08 Shannon: in step 3 00:48:44 Shannon: yeah, the scene/story arc? 00:49:06 Shannon: thanks 00:50:45 Hugh Tipping: Fantasy 00:50:50 Ezra Barany's iPad: thriller, romance, 00:50:51 Nadine Travers: Paranormal/Urban fantasy romance 00:50:51 David Strom: superheroine/hero action comedy 00:50:52 dianathomas: Contemporary mystery 00:50:52 Shannon: romance 00:50:52 JennyG: historical romance 00:50:54 Kiala Givehand: Young Adult 00:50:55 Nick Anderson: Fantasy/ Sci Fi 00:50:58 Ezra Barany's iPad: clockpunk 00:50:58 Sharon Svitak: Sweet Romance 00:51:00 Carol: Literary 00:51:00 Calvin: Comic fantasy/thriller 00:51:01 Tami: Urban Fantasy with m/m elements, and YA light fantasy. 00:51:01 Ezra Barany's iPad: horror 00:51:03 kay: mystery 00:51:03 dbostic: womens fiction/romance 00:51:09 Donna: mystery, romantic suspense 00:51:16 Tami: And doll soaps! 00:51:23 ericapeck: attempting steampunk fae romance 00:51:25 Kathleen: time travel 00:51:38 Rae Williamson: romantic suspense 00:51:49 Derek: I like the macabre. 00:52:03 Naomi Bellina: Whoops, my TO setting was wrong. Suspense with romantic suspense elements. 00:52:07 Denise: ya and romance. 00:52:21 Tami: Thanks to Ezra, I'd like to try vampire comedy sometime! 00:52:26 David Strom: kryptonite. 00:52:29 Kiala Givehand: YA = A kernel of hope and a YA main character 00:52:29 Ezra Barany's iPad: thriller-chase and villain gets caught. 00:52:42 Ezra Barany's iPad: horror-good vs. evil 00:54:31 Sharon Svitak: What happens when you decide to write a novella of 30K words, and the outline makes it appear it will be a 70k word novel? 00:56:15 Kathleen: goal and motivation - what if you find out it's not what you really want? 01:00:40 Nadine Travers: love the picture 01:00:51 Hugh Tipping: Ouch 01:01:39 Carol: USA gal won the gold medal in boxing. First in many, many years. I love boxing. 01:02:15 Nadine Travers: did some for a time... I love it... it's very demanding 01:02:47 Naomi Bellina: I do GMC charts, like the addition of S. 01:02:50 Rae Williamson: Does character have inner strength she's not aware of? 01:06:23 Kiala Givehand: love that image 01:06:28 Shannon: gerat 01:06:31 Shannon: great 01:06:35 Carol: LOVE it! 01:06:44 Nadine Travers: Totally!! 01:07:12 Carol: Read great article today about using the weather, seasons, and lightening as part of the characters' story. 01:07:39 David Strom: for a writer? 01:07:49 Derek: lulz 01:10:08 David Strom: the sensory palette is new for me, but really good to think about 01:10:08 Shannon: How do you keep track for all your characters so you don't repeat, especially in a series? 01:10:56 Ezra Barany's iPad: http://bit.ly/30daywritingchallenge 01:11:02 Derek: I do something really wacky... I keep pics of them on my wall--not kidding. I keep their profiles in a notebook. 01:11:02 Carol: Creating the mood in a scene, link: http://writershelpingwriters.net/2016/08/creating-mood-scene-using-light-shadow/ 01:11:21 Shannon: cool 01:11:46 Carol: And the List of 20 01:11:51 Nadine Travers: I agree!! 01:12:46 Carol: GMCS 01:12:54 Shannon: free write 01:12:58 David Strom: Freewrite a Storyline 01:12:59 Carol: oh oops 01:13:04 David Strom: simple sentence 01:13:04 Calvin: Free write a storyline 01:13:10 Naomi Bellina: index cards 01:13:14 ericapeck: pick a genre 01:13:17 Tami: fortunately unfortunately 01:13:18 Sharon Svitak: Write a storyline 01:13:19 Carol: free write a storyline 01:13:19 dbostic: how do you get people talking about the book 01:13:24 Kahea: write a simple storyline 01:13:33 JennyG: what do you love to write 01:13:56 Tami: Way to go Shannon! 01:14:01 Shannon: woo hoo! thanks! 01:14:06 Nadine Travers: Great Shannon 01:14:19 Tami: problem solution 01:14:19 Calvin: Problem-Solution method 01:14:20 ericapeck: index cards? 01:14:22 Sharon Svitak: :Poblem/Solut ion 01:14:23 Rae Williamson: Decide what to write 01:14:32 Tami: Woohoo! 01:14:40 Nadine Travers: Yay Tami!! 01:14:53 Nadine Travers: Go go Hugh!!! 01:15:13 Tami: Take it away, Hugh! :) 01:15:16 Renee: He's on there. 01:15:22 Calvin: Woo Hugh! 01:15:44 Nadine Travers: Great picture btw!! 01:18:57 Shannon: well done 01:19:11 Tami: Terrific, Hugh! 01:20:59 Sharon Svitak: According to Hemmingway, all first drafts are cra;p! 01:21:03 Shannon: totally off topic, but I love your picture wall, Hugh! 01:21:14 Derek: Yessir. 01:21:16 Nadine Travers: I agree with you Hugh the first goal it's too finish it 01:21:17 Renee: I think that picture wall is awesome, too. 01:22:55 David Strom: Stay Lee said of Peter Parker, I just can’t resist torturing the poor guy. and cool wall! 01:23:33 Renee: GMCS 01:23:55 Shannon: during the 30-day course, how does it work in terms of daily homework or online check-ins, etc.? 01:23:58 Donna: Emotional Palette 01:24:00 David Strom: emotional pallette 01:24:00 Calvin: Emotional Palette 01:24:09 David Strom: yah donna! 01:24:17 Kathleen: where to find that deck?? 01:24:21 Hugh Tipping: @Sharon: Hemmingway used a different word but I appreciate your sensitivity to the chat room. ;-) @shannon: Thank you! 01:24:21 Shannon: :) 01:24:27 David Strom: I thinkI could use the editing class. 01:24:39 Hugh Tipping: @David, the editing class was fantastic. 01:24:48 Shannon: welcome, Hugh! 01:24:54 Kiala Givehand: http://www.nicolepiar.com/spiritcats/ 01:24:56 Nadine Travers: I agree with @Hugh @David 01:25:44 Hugh Tipping: @shannon: There are assignments that you need to complete, and a Facebook group where you can check in periodically and ask for help. There are also webinars much like what you are seeing now but more specific. 01:26:07 Nadine Travers: @Hugh great story :) 01:26:08 Shannon: thanks, Hugh 01:26:10 Hugh Tipping: https://www.facebook.com/hughtippingauthor 01:27:18 Kiala Givehand: Thanks Beth and Ezra. Love seeing the two of. This has been lovely. Be well. 01:28:01 Ezra Barany's iPad: Bye, Kiala! 01:28:09 Kiala Givehand: :-) 01:29:39 Tami: Swoon! :) Love those bonusses! 01:30:14 Hugh Tipping: Beth and Ezra are wonderful people. Besides being so good at teaching, they are just good people at heart. 01:30:28 Tami: Exactly, Hugh! 01:30:30 Derek: ohhhh, Hugh is a fellow Linux nerd... nice. 01:30:44 Hugh Tipping: I am. :) 01:31:34 Ezra Barany's iPad: bit.ly/30daywritingchallenge 01:31:35 Nadine Travers: Agree Hugh 01:31:50 ericapeck: thanks for all the helpful tips, gotta go, dinner guests arriving! 01:32:03 Tami: Goodnight, Erica! 01:32:06 Ezra Barany's iPad: Thanks for coming, Erica 01:32:27 David Strom: is that mini class going on now? 01:33:18 Jan: Thank you 01:34:41 Rae Williamson: How do I access mini course? 01:35:39 Ezra Barany's iPad: school.bethbarany.com 01:37:09 Shannon: Pearl Jam! 01:37:18 Carol: I celebrated my 4th year working with Beth and my 3 published books. Almost got the 4th one finished with her invaluable help. 01:37:56 Nadine Travers: Me it's 1 years that I meet her at a RWA workshop 01:37:58 Tami: So happy for your success, Carol! And so great that we could meet through Beth and Ezra's awesome classes! 01:38:01 Renee: Thank you for spending your evening with us. 01:38:08 Shannon: thank you!! 01:38:09 Rae Williamson: Thanks Beth and Ezra 01:38:09 Naomi Bellina: Thank you! 01:38:19 kay: thank you 01:38:26 timothyhicks: Thank you, Team Barany! 01:38:28 Carol: thank you 01:38:28 David Strom: I have a little book on Kindle and creatspace 01:38:33 Nadine Travers: thanks 01:38:41 Kathleen: thank you ! 01:38:43 Donna: Thank you. 01:38:45 Sharon Svitak: See you both next month at SFW-RWA 01:38:48 Tami: Thank you, Beth, Ezra, and Leo! 01:39:19 Derek: yes, thanks to all! 01:39:28 Renee: Yes, thanks, Hugh! 01:39:30 Tami: Yes! Thank you as well, Hugh! 01:39:36 Hugh Tipping: ;-) 01:39:50 Tami: Congrats, Julie! 01:39:50 Carol: Thank you. Bye.