10) “Finding the Heart of Your Story: A Tip from Donald Maass” by Martina Boone on Adventure’s in Children’s Publishing. This article was all about finding the theme of your story……the heart. Using a tip from Donald Maass, which is someone I don’t think I’d be able to write without the knowledge and tips we obtain from his books and/or blog posts, Martina shows us how we can look for the heart of our story by picking the one scene […]
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10) “8 Pieces of Advice About Writing Worth Listening To” by Lisa Hall-Wilson on Girls with Pens. We’ve all heard this advice before, but we can always use a reminder of the best writing tips out there – ex: Keep Writing and Show Don’t Tell. I’ll be the first to admit that I keep a list similar to this on the wall behind my writing desk. Do you? 9) “The Art of Stringing ‘Em Along” by Katie Ganshert. As writers, […]
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10) “On Distractions” by Nathan Bransford. “You can’t write if you don’t live.”
Continue ReadingWhose Line?!? Using Multiple Points of View in Your Writing
Remember the improve comedy TV show ‘Whose Line Is It Anyway?’? Well, Colin, Ryan, Wayne and Drew popped into my head recently as I moved from one POV in my MS to another during the editing process. Picture Courtesy of ShareTV.com We’ve seen, read and experienced POV shifts in novels, but when it comes to actually writing those shifts, we sometimes find ourselves a little worried about whether or not those shifts of POV are working. Personally, my MS shifts […]
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10) “Critiquely Interview with The Rejectionist” from Mary Baader Kaley on Mary Baader Kaley (is) Not an Editor. Aahh…. an interview with one of my favorite blogs to follow: The Rejectionist. This is one interview that I thoroughly enjoyed reading. It was refreshing, open, honest, and gave me the warm tingles. My hope it that you enjoy this interview as well. And…… Here’s a little treat from The Rejectionist’s website that I found this week – A Harry Potter themed […]
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Like a lot of people, I’ve been struggling with balance in my life for quite a while now…balance between my work life, my writing life, my reading life, my blogging life (which is still new to me), and my personal life. I’ve got so much going on, that I’ve lovingly referred to my life (as I know it) as chaotic. Fellow blogger, Lisa Gail Green, actually posted an article, Balancing Act, that has stuck a chord with me since the […]
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Happy Friday everyone! I’m sitting here at the beach, having a glass of wine and enjoying some chips and salsa while putting together this blog post. I may be on vacay, but this was too incredible a week in the writing blog-o-verse to not gather and share my top picks of the week
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10) “The Big Post of Querying” by Kat Zhang on The Katacomb.. This particular post was in response to a question posed to Kat in regards to how she went about querying – which is a daunting task that I think all aspiring authors tend to get the heebe-jeebes about (I know I do). I love Kat’s honesty in her postings. It’s incredibly refreshing and it’s encouraging to hear that within two months of querying, she found herself an agent. […]
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I hope everyone had a safe and fun 4th! I know I did ‘cause I got some major editing done…just in time for the fireworks too! It’s been such a busy and exciting week in the blogosphere that I had a hard time choosing what was going to make the list, but here it is! 10) “Half Over?” by Katie on KT’s Korner. Kudos to Katie for putting her 2011 goals out there for the world to see! This got […]
Continue ReadingEditing Is Fun…. Yes, I’m Serious!!
There comes a time in every writer’s WIP when they must sit down, buckle up and edit
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