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What is the most important aspect of revision?
NOTE: I dusted off some notes I took for a webinar, How to Revise Your NaNo Novel, from January 2016. Grant Faulkner hosted the segment on writing advice with guest speakers KM Weiland, James Scott Bell and Kami Garcia. The following was one of the questions asked. What is the most important aspect of revision?…
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My Reading: Past, Present and Future 04.23.18
Past: Recently read books Present: Currently reading books Future: On my to-read list. But will I? Past: Library of Souls (ebook) by Ranson Riggs Library of Souls is the third installment of Riggs’s Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. I have to admit, when I started the first book, I was expecting something different. By…
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Friday’s Findings 04.20.18
Here are some articles on writing I’ve read lately: John Keene: Elements of Literary Style Andrew Sean Greer Wins 2018 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction Your Ultimate First Chapter Checklist, Part 2: Writing the Opening Scene Three Techniques to Write Better Settings Fix Scene by Employing Black Box Analysis View my Consortium SF Series at Amazon.…
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Epiphanies in Writing, Part 2: Editing your Novel
I don’t want to rehash what you’ve heard and discovered for yourself as a writer: “Most of writing is rewriting”; “Show don’t Tell”; “Use spell check”; “Let it cool off before you start to edit.” All good stuff. Personally, I love editing. It’s a chance to play with words, accessorize my paragraphs and paint word…
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Friday’s Findings 04.13.18
Here are some articles on writing I’ve read lately: Saying Goodbye to That WIP: When it’s Okay to Give Up on a Writing Project Are You Telegraphing Your Plot? Middle Scenes: A Non-Linear Approach How Self-Publishing Made Today’s Small Independent Presses Possible Start writing, no matter what View my Consortium SF Series at Amazon.
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Epiphanies in Writing, Part 1: Planning Your Novel
Currently I am writing a series of short novels part of a series called CONSORTIUM. One epiphany I learned a long time ago was that no two writers use the same method of getting their story down on paper. And something else: A writer may not even use the same method two times in a…
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Author Interview: Amy Metz
I met Amy Metz at an Indie Authors event last fall where she offered advice to aspiring authors on self-publishing. She is the creator of the Goose Pimple Junction Mystery Series. How did you decide to become an author? It just kind of happened. I was 48 when my mother was diagnosed with dementia,…
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Friday’s Findings 04.06.18
Here are some articles on writing I’ve read lately: Loved ‘Ready Player One’? Check out these 8 Books Margaret Atwood’s Ten Rules for Writing Fiction Amazon to Spend a Billion Dollars to License “The Three-Body Problem”? Using Third Person vs First Person Novel Narratives What Mystery Propels Your Novel? View my Consortium SF Series at…
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My Reading Past, Present, and Future 04.04.18
Past: Recently read books Present: Currently reading books Future: On my to-read list. But will I? Past: Tigerman (audio) by Nick Harkaway Sargeant Lester Ferris has braved bullets, bombs and bad guys throughout his military career with the British army. But when it comes to relationships, especially with the street boy he wants to adopt…
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