Hey, hope you’re having a great Friday so far. Here are some writing links for ya. 1. From Mary Keeley at Booksandsuch.com here is a giant Writing Mechanics and Grammar Checklist. 2. Check out this podcast from Sara Whitford looking at point of view: Who Gets to Tell the Story? 3. Pitch Parties. The things that can render […]
Is Your Story Too Boring?
A big warning sign that your story needs some more work is if the mere thought of reading it, let alone working it, cures your insomnia or bores you to tears. The problem here is pretty obvious. If you can’t bare the thought of sitting through a story your wrote, what makes you think a […]
A goal without a ________ is just a daydream.
Regular readers of this site will know that I like to preach the importance of setting concise, written goals, both in the short-term and long-term. I personally write best if I set a daily writing goal, whether that be a word count, a scene, a blog post, or whatever. I also set monthly and yearly […]
Staying positive when things are crazy
So, yeah…the baby and the one-year-old (and sometimes the three-year-old) bawled all evening while my wife and I tried to take turns watching them while the other worked frantically on cleaning up the kitchen and picking up the million or so toys that keep mysteriously finding their way out of the kids’ rooms. And the […]
Five Links Friday 6/19/15
It’s Five Links Friday and looking to be a great weekend. Here’s some stuff to read… 1. Is there a Grand Conspiracy Against Publishing Your Book? According to Iain S. Thomas, there might be. Click on the article and find out. 2. Derek Haines in his latest post asks a question all self-published (and most […]
A Problem with the Scenery?
It’s always good to know your strengths and weaknesses. I like to think that my biggest strengths in writing can be found in action and dialogue. My biggest writing weakness is in the descriptions. I don’t want to say I’m terrible at writing descriptions, but I do find it very difficult to write more than […]
Finding your voice through outlining
I mentioned the other day that I’m having a spat with my second novel and we’re currently on a break. In the meantime, I started working on another project, a YA horror novel that has been brewing in my head for the last few months. I came up with a quick outline and wrote a […]
The Greatest Character Flaw
People like a character they can relate to. And nobody can related to the kid who has the most toys, the best GPA, and is good at everything on the first try. If you want your audience to relate to your protagonist, it almost goes without saying that the character needs to be flawed in […]
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