Year: 2020
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Friday’s Findings
A couple weeks ago, I shared some tips on how I trick myself into writing. One of those tips was to print out your manuscript and put it in a binder. Having tangible evidence of your hard work can be motivational. But what format should you print it out in? The first link in today’s…
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The Grammar Police Make a Visit
I hate the grammar police, yet I’ve been the grammar police before. I won’t call out someone, but, in my mind, I’ll make a mental note about his misuse of the English language. And I’ve misused it plenty of times myself, so who am I to cast the first English grammar textbook? Photo by kat…
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Don’t Be Afraid. Don’t Be Very Afraid.
Ever since Jeff Goldblum’s character uttered those words in the 1986 film The Fly, he has inspired people to use them in a humorous but sincere way to express anxiety about a current situation. That includes many aspiring writers I see on social media who are afraid “their WIP will not be well received. I…
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Friday’s Findings
I’ve been the victim of a writing group troll. I didn’t even want to read my rough draft. Then he proceeded to tear it apart. I understood why there was another writing group that had broken off from his and why they didn’t include him. I wish I hadn’t let it discourage me. But that…
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Some Recommended Resources for Writers
Check out K.M. Weiland’s latest article on her blog for writers, Helping Writers Become Authors: The Professional Writing Resources I Use for All Parts of the Writing and Publishing Processes This awesome blog post has several resources I’m going to consider using in the future. I also recently came across the following links for writers…
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I’m All for Foreshadowing
When writing fiction, use foreshadowing to avoid an unbelievable coincidence. Your story will be stronger because of it. Photo by Benjamin Suter from Pexels
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How I Trick Myself into Writing
Even though I love my Work In Progress (WIP), sometimes I need a little motivation. Recently, just for fun, I printed out the full manuscript of the second draft of my WIP. I couldn’t believe how tall the stack of pages turned out to be. I had only worked on my WIP digitally. I had…
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Friday’s Findings
Some articles on fiction writing: How to Stop Procrastinating and Keep Writing 5 Essential Hero’s Journey Themes and Symbolic Archetypes That Will Thrill Your Readers Write On: 27 of the Best Books on Writing Pace Your Prose — Three Thoughts on Timing World Building in Epic Fantasy
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Friday’s Findings
Happy Valentines Day. Hope you’re in love … with writing. Here are some fiction writing tips I found. Hope they help you as you write. Wait! 5 Novel Editing Questions to Ask Before Your Book Is Actually Done! The Now Novel PATTERN system for plotting your sci-fi novel Why You Need a Written Story Timeline…
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