The 200 Word Novel

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Chapter 7
Back on the high seas...
5 hrs ago
All Caught Up
End of chapter 6
Nov 10
A New Update Cadence
Moving to Mondays
Nov 3

October 2025

Short Week
When is it a Reason and when is it an Excuse?
Oct 17
On Keeping Habits
The challenges of daily work
Oct 10
Disruptions
Life comes at you fast. For everything else, there's unexpected commercial references.
Oct 3

September 2025

How To Exposition
Tell and Show
Sep 26
The Atomic Unit of a Scene
(The smallest thing you need to move your story forward)
Sep 19
Finding Everden
Worldbuilding through character instead of plot
Sep 12
Where DO Ideas Come From?
A new chapter and a surprise new character
Sep 5

August 2025

A swing…
and a miss (x2!)
Aug 29
Every Time I Write Dialog I Feel Like I've Forgotten How People Talk Despite Being A Playwright And A Person Who Talks Often
And Other Fun Thoughts
Aug 22
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