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The stars aligned today and I was able to go to the bookstore-by myself.

Usually, I have my daughter with me when I go to the bookstore. This is usually a different experience than when I go by myself. Consider these metrics:

With Daughter:

99% Time spent in the kids section

1% Time spent trying to browse the Science Fiction and Fantasy section while my daughter dives in and out of every chair in the area

So you can understand my excitement at getting to go myself.

I drove past the Best Buy and laughed at the line of people standing outside in the blustery wind, waiting to get their hands on a Nintendo Wii. Honestly, does anyone need anything that bad?

I got to the bookstore and went straight to the Writing section (after browsing through the latest copy of Terrorizer, which I placed in front of the copies of AP Press that were labeled as the “Staff Pick of the Month.)

While checking out the writing section, I found a new book called “Write a Book in 30 Days“. The book is a work plan for writing your novel. You write inside the book and perform certain tasks each day for a month. At the end of 30 days, you are supposed to have your book written. Since I am always up for new methods, I considered buying it, but at the hefty price tag of $22.99, I wanted to browse through it before buying. After checking through it, I came to the conclusion that I already knew about most of the methods in the book. The book did seem useful, but I still stand by my belief that you should not rush a novel. Most of my best ideas developed over time.

After leaving the bookstore, I remembered reading about something called the Snowflake Method online. The snowflake method is another plan for writing a novel. I know some writers who have used this method in the past, but I never got confirmation as to whether it worked for them.

Have any of you used the Snowflake method?

Do you have your own method of novel writing that works?