Writing: Mastering the Balance
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Photo credit: Digitalnative on Flickr I received an e-mail the other day asking about how an author can balance having a voice, giving her...
Showing posts with label writing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label writing. Show all posts
Monday, October 31, 2011
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
writing tip
writing tip
Are Your Characters Beautiful?
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Photo credit: catherinetodd2 on Flickr Maybe it’s just me, but I feel like half of novels out there with any type of romance have a subplot ...
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
writing
writing
Writing--What's Your Favorite Part?
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Photo credit: _StaR_DusT_ on Flickr We all know writing isn't an easy thing— finding the time , getting ideas , discovering voice , edi...
Friday, October 14, 2011
writing life
writing life
When Your Novel Isn't the One
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Photo credit: davidking on Flickr There comes a time in every writer’s journey, where you have to accept that the book you just wrote isn...
Monday, September 19, 2011
you are special
you are special
Unleashing Your Voice
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Photo credit: JKim1 on Flickr When I announced I’d be writing this post a week ago, I immediately knew it was going to be one of the hardes...
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
writing tip
writing tip
How to Make Your Characters Talk
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Photo credit: ntr23 on Flickr So now that we've defined character voice , it’s time to talk about how to put it into action. How do yo...
Monday, September 12, 2011
writing tip
writing tip
Defining Character Voice
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I don’t know about you guys, but one of the most important aspects of a work of writing for me is voice. It’s a rather broad subject, howeve...
Friday, September 2, 2011
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writing tip
How Important is Loving Your Novel?
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Photo credit: quinn.anya on Flickr So not too long ago I read this post from fellow writer Ara Grigorian ( @araTHEwriter on Twitter) in wh...
Monday, August 29, 2011
writing tip
writing tip
How to Write a Masterpiece
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Late Saturday night: after a particularly whimsical session of #wordmongering , I was chatting with fellow mongerer @Babseth , when we were ...
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
writing tip
writing tip
Patience: A Virtue
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5:40 AM
When I wrote about being absolutely positively 100% sure that you were done editing your WIP before submitting to agents or uploading to Sm...
Monday, August 22, 2011
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writing tip
Are You Really Done Editing?
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5:26 AM
So you’ve finished editing. You’ve poured your heart and soul into your manuscript then spent countless hours cutting, rearranging, rewritin...
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
writing tip
writing tip
Finding Your Zone (Again)
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When it comes to increasing productivity, one of the most important things to recognize is when (and where) you work best. Of course since t...
Monday, August 8, 2011
writing tip
writing tip
How to Be a Happy Writer
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Photo credit: ohskylab on Flickr Most writers are ambitious people—we have to be, after all, just setting out to write a novel is an ambiti...
Friday, August 5, 2011
writing tip
writing tip
On Critiques
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When I was in high school, I took two Creative Writing classes. Since I’d devoted myself to writing every spare moment I had since the eight...
Friday, July 1, 2011
writing tip
writing tip
First Draft Blasphemy
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6:31 AM
I’ve been hesitant about writing a post about first drafts because I don’t want to just reiterate what’s been said a million times. It’s an ...
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
writing tip
writing tip
The Pretty Writing Trap
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6:13 AM
I don’t know about you guys, but for the longest time my goal was to make my writing sing. I searched for the perfect metaphor, traded simil...
Monday, June 27, 2011
writing tip
writing tip
NEESA
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6:44 AM
Welcome to Never-Ending Editing Syndrome Anonymous, also known as The Writing Group that Suffers From WAIT I CAN’T SEND THAT OUT YET IT’S NO...
Monday, June 20, 2011
writing tip
writing tip
Brainstorming
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6:16 AM
As I’m currently in the brainstorming-editing-brainstorming-rewriting-brainstorming-WAITING FOREVER TO EDIT MY RECENTLY FINISHED WIP!-stage,...
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
writing group
writing group
#wordmongering: Are YOU In?
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6:15 AM
I said a while back I would do a post about #wordmongering, so here it is. If you’ve followed me on Twitter for more than a week or so, then...
Monday, June 13, 2011
writing tip
writing tip
Paragraphs: A Little Rant
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12:41 PM
Maybe it’s my short attention span or maybe it’s the high school AP English teacher trapped in my skull saying, “Guess what? You were lied t...
