Writing My Novel's First Draft as a Script

About this episode

L. Penelope discusses her experience writing the first draft of her novel as a script.

Mentioned: ProWriting Aid Novel November My brother's short film Writer Duet Ines Johnson Ink & Magic podcast How to Write a Movie in 21 Days by Viki King The My Imaginary Friends podcast is a behind the scenes look at the journey of a working author navigating traditional and self-publishing. Join fantasy and paranormal romance author L. Penelope as she shares insights on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing. Subscribe and view show notes at: https://lpenelope.com/podcast | Get the Footnotes newsletter & become an Imaginary Best Friend: https://myimaginaryfriends.net Support the show: https://paypal.me/heartspell Stay in touch with me! Website | Instagram | Facebook Music credit: Say Good Night by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/SZkVShypKgM Affiliate Disclosure: I may receive compensation for links to products on this site either directly or indirectly via affiliate links. Heartspell Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an…

Topics covered

• writing
• novel drafting
• screenwriting
• creativity
• publishing

Keywords

• ProWriting Aid
• Novel November
• Writer Duet
• Ines Johnson
• Ink & Magic podcast
• How to Write a Movie in 21 Days

Mentioned in this episode

Products: ProWriting Aid, Writer Duet

Books & works: Writing My Novel's First Draft, How to Write a Movie in 21 Days, Say Good Night

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