Hey, it’s Five Links Friday! No theme this week, just five awesome writing-related links to check out. 1. Robin Rivera has a guest post at Write On Sisters discussing something I haven’t really thought about before: The Back-up Antagonist. 2. Do you like flash fiction? Do you like zombies? Then be sure to check out […]
Five Links Friday 11/6/15
Okay, 2015 is going by WAY too fast. I feel like there is so much left to do before the end of the year. So let’s all hit the writing hard for the next two months, but don’t forget to take a moment to read this week’s 5 Links. 1. One thing I’m terrible at […]
Five Links Friday 10/9/15
Okay, another weekend is upon us. Here are the five best articles I read about writing this week. 1. Who here wants to get their novel published? Then you ought to check out this podcast by Sara Whitford: Three Keys to Getting (or Not Getting) Your Novel Published. 2. And what is more important to […]
The Structure of a Good Story
Planner or Pantser? I’m sure at some point in your writing career you’ve faced the question of whether you’re a planner or pantser. A discovery writer or an outliner? I haven’t written a lot about outlining in the past, mostly because I had considered myself a discovery writer. For me, creating a detailed outline was something […]
Why Writing Is So Cool
The other day I talked about why writing should be fun. But like I said, sadly, sometimes it’s just not fun at all and once writing becomes “work” enjoyment might fall faster than my 403(b) plan did last week. So even though it may not always be fun, one thing writing will always be is […]
Five Links Friday 8/28/15
Started off this morning with the discovery that I’ve got a bunch of bats in the attic. And a huge bill to deal with removal and repair. But such is life; that’s why we keep writing. Here are five writing links for your enjoyment. 1. Better novel project has a great article for those of us who […]
When is a scene worth keeping?
Revising a novel is difficult. A big part of the revision precess is cutting. It’s not easy to do, but there are plenty of parts that need to be cut. One thing I recommend is to break the entire thing down into individual scenes. A yourself the following questions for every single scene in the […]
What makes a story a story?
Something hit me when I was going through my folder of unfinished stories the other day. No matter the size of the story–some were only a few hundred words while others were several thousand–they all had one thing in common. For every story in that folder, I thought, “Hey, that’s a pretty cool idea,” followed […]