Today I am featuring special details about Hope Schmidt's new book on my blog :D Enjoy! Burning Rose and How I Wrote a Novella in One Week I wrote Song of the Sword in one week. It wasn’t easy, but it wasn’t insanely hard either. Preparation First, I made sure I had everything ready. I looked up names, planned out characters, and outlined the story. It wasn’t perfect; there was a character who appeared halfway through and I didn’t figure out the climax until the day before writing it. But at least I had something to write from. Then I cleared my schedule for that week. No extra writing. No extra reading. Just chores and writing. Finally, resolution. I was determined to get the novella done in a week and I prepared my mind accordingly. I wanted to do it and I would if I died trying. There was no room for backing off halfway through. Progress I had a final word count goal in the 20,000s so I set myself to write 5000 words a day. To do this, I had a few to...