Category: writing
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Infographic Tuesday: Peeling Back the Layers of a Scene
Another great infographic on writing a scene. This one is from My Book Therapy. Photo by Yuliya Ilkovych from Pexels
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Friday’s Findings
Here’s some articles on writing I’ve read lately. I hope you enjoy. Smart Writers Expand Time 5 Things I’d Go Back and Tell “Baby Writer Me” Improve Your Novel Writing: 11 Tips For Newbies Surprising Your Readers in Every Scene Saving your Story from Predictability Photo by Elina Krima from Pexels
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Infographic Tuesday: How to Build a Book Audience
With social media, an author can build an audience for his or her books from home. But there’s more to it as this infographic from Now Novel indicates. Photo by freestocks.org from Pexels
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Are Writers in Competition With Each Other?
This is something I’ve been wondering about for a while: are writers, especially indie writers, in competition with each other? It’s easy to see another’s writer’s success and become … jealous? Envious? Maybe, on Facebook, you’ve seen a writer you follow sell their latest manuscript, or maybe, on Twitter, an author celebrates selling another hundred…
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Infographic Tuesday: What Lies Beneath
This infographic from Reedsy shows the difference between plot, story and theme.
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Some Tips on Increasing Blog Production
Usually, I blog about fiction writing tips, but now I’m going to switch it up. I’ve started some practices that have helped me increase the numbers of blog entries I write as well as me be more motivated in my blog writing. These tips are not directly geared toward increasing the number of followers who’ll…
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Friday’s Findings
Some articles on writing I’ve read lately: Seven Deadly Sins for Writers How to Get a Literary Agent: A Simple Two-Step Process Use Secondary Characters to Sway the Reader Writing that First Chapter: 10 Do’s and Don’ts for Starting Your Novel Five Tips for Writing Nail-Biting Suspense Why You Should Set A Reading Goal For…
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Infographic Tuesday: Writing a Strong Scene
Scenes are to fiction what paragraphs are to nonfiction: building blocks. Here’s an infographic about evaluating scenes a writer creates for his stories. Here is the source of this infographic.
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Hope this is a Growing Trend
Ten years ago, my city had so many more bookstores than it does now. Both locally- owned and major retailers took hits, and I hated to see them close. Remember Borders Bookstores? Yes, part of it is Amazon’s fault. Part of it was my fault for buying books online. But it’s so convenient! I still…
