{"id":1672,"date":"2019-03-05T16:26:31","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T21:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nhwritersproject.org\/?page_id=1672"},"modified":"2019-03-05T16:26:31","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T21:26:31","slug":"want-write-novel-part-1-planting-seeds","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nhwritersproject.org\/want-write-novel-part-1-planting-seeds\/","title":{"rendered":"So You Want to Write a Novel, Part 1: Planting The Seeds"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Presenter &#8211; Elaine Isaak<\/h2>\n<p>Many writers would love to start a novel, but feel intimidated by the length and commitment of 80 to 100 thousand words of continuous fiction. You&#8217;ve got a character or a concept you want to delve into, but how do you even begin? In this workshop, we&#8217;ll look at different approaches for nurturing the seed of a good idea into a solid foundation for the book of your heart. Come prepared to brainstorm, noodle around, and play with your concept, and leave with a fresh beginning (or five).<\/p>\n<p>Elaine Isaak is the author of The Singer&#8217;s Crown and its sequels. As E. C. <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1500 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/nhwritersproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/elaineI-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nhwritersproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/elaineI-1.jpg 200w, https:\/\/nhwritersproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/elaineI-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/nhwritersproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/elaineI-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Ambrose, she wrote The Dark Apostle historical fantasy series about medieval surgery, which concluded in 2018 with book 5, Elisha Daemon, and as E. Chris Ambrose, the Bone Guard series of international thrillers. She has taught at the Odyssey Writing Workshop, as well as at conventions and writer&#8217;s groups across the country, and judged writing competitions from New Hampshire Literary Idol to the World Fantasy Award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presenter &#8211; Elaine Isaak Many writers would love to start a novel, but feel intimidated by the length and commitment of 80 to 100 thousand words of continuous fiction. You&#8217;ve got a character or a concept you want to delve into, but how do you even begin? In this workshop, we&#8217;ll look at different approaches [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ppma_author":[351],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>So You Want to Write a Novel, Part 1: Planting The Seeds - New Hampshire Writers\u2019 PROJECT<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nhwritersproject.org\/want-write-novel-part-1-planting-seeds\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"So You Want to Write a Novel, Part 1: Planting The Seeds - New Hampshire Writers\u2019 PROJECT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Presenter &#8211; Elaine Isaak Many writers would love to start a novel, but feel intimidated by the length and commitment of 80 to 100 thousand words of continuous fiction. 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