Joanne Staunton 8/20/26 Joanne Staunton 8/20/26 Beta reader Feedback Sorting through advice Read More Joanne Staunton 7/20/26 Joanne Staunton 7/20/26 Scene level revisions 2: Cutting down words Getting my manuscript under 100K words. Read More Joanne Staunton 5/31/26 Joanne Staunton 5/31/26 Scene level revisions 1: Cutting down words Tightening my scenes. Read More Joanne Staunton 4/30/26 Joanne Staunton 4/30/26 Reverse Outline: 2 Doing a story structure revision of my reverse outline. Read More Joanne Staunton 4/6/26 Joanne Staunton 4/6/26 Reverse Outline: 1 Capturing an image of my novel as it is now. Read More Joanne Staunton 2/26/26 Joanne Staunton 2/26/26 Drafting: 3 Finishing my first draft. Read More Joanne Staunton 11/30/25 Joanne Staunton 11/30/25 Drafting: 2 Creating new worlds. Read More Joanne Staunton 10/30/25 Joanne Staunton 10/30/25 Drafting: 1 Crafting words. Read More Joanne Staunton 9/30/25 Joanne Staunton 9/30/25 Outlining: 6 Finishing my outline! Read More Joanne Staunton 8/26/25 Joanne Staunton 8/26/25 Outlining: 5 Revising the outline. Read More Joanne Staunton 8/19/25 Joanne Staunton 8/19/25 Outlining: 4 When is the outline done? Read More Joanne Staunton 8/12/25 Joanne Staunton 8/12/25 Outlining: 3 The midpoint Read More Joanne Staunton 8/5/25 Joanne Staunton 8/5/25 Outlining: 2 Telling the story to myself. Read More Joanne Staunton 7/29/25 Joanne Staunton 7/29/25 Outlining: 1 Outlining a new story: becoming a plotter Read More Joanne Staunton 7/22/25 Joanne Staunton 7/22/25 Character Arc Emotional beats Read More Joanne Staunton 7/15/25 Joanne Staunton 7/15/25 ACT 2B Read More Joanne Staunton 7/8/25 Joanne Staunton 7/8/25 My progress so far… Catching up Read More Joanne Staunton 7/1/25 Joanne Staunton 7/1/25 A Life Lived The passing of a great person. Read More Joanne Staunton 3/26/25 Joanne Staunton 3/26/25 Taking a short Break Back on July 1st Read More Joanne Staunton 3/25/25 Joanne Staunton 3/25/25 It All Adds Up Read More Older Posts
Joanne Staunton 8/20/26 Joanne Staunton 8/20/26 Beta reader Feedback Sorting through advice Read More
Joanne Staunton 7/20/26 Joanne Staunton 7/20/26 Scene level revisions 2: Cutting down words Getting my manuscript under 100K words. Read More
Joanne Staunton 5/31/26 Joanne Staunton 5/31/26 Scene level revisions 1: Cutting down words Tightening my scenes. Read More
Joanne Staunton 4/30/26 Joanne Staunton 4/30/26 Reverse Outline: 2 Doing a story structure revision of my reverse outline. Read More
Joanne Staunton 4/6/26 Joanne Staunton 4/6/26 Reverse Outline: 1 Capturing an image of my novel as it is now. Read More
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