Super excited that I got my act together enough last night to reopen edits for Touchstone. I’ve been avoiding it for MONTHS, not – shockingly – because I’ve been sick but because I’ve been annoyed by the fact of having to do it at all 😛 It’s hard and effortful and I just. don’t. wanna. […]
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While some writers have struggled to maintain their writing during this crazy time period, some others are having a rush of productivity as they escape into their writing. This post is probably more for the latter 😉 It’s been a while since I posted about the editing and formatting work that I do as my
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Dialogue punctuation is something I really harp on about to my students, because there are a lot of rules in fiction, and you can break every single one of them if you have a good reason – except dialogue. Yeah, okay, I know there are some big-name authors out there who DO break the rules
Hi again! Sorry, I’m late posting this because I had the worst trilogy of days EVER at the end of last week and couldn’t get to the computer to let you know, but Holly’s How To Revise Your Novel course is OPEN!! It’s closing on December 15 at 11:59pm US EST, so you have a
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So, I mentioned the other day that Holly Lisle, who is acclaimed around the nets and amongst authors for her high-quality learn-to-write classes, is opening her How To Revise Your Novel course for the ONLY time in the next 6 months, and possibly the only time until this time next year. What I didn’t mention,
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I mean, you’ve written this story, completed it even, and you’re on a high. You did it! You finished your story! Possibly even won NaNoWriMo at this time of year, too! Well done! You bask in the glory of the moment – as well you should. But then the inevitable happens: you go back and
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One of the most commonly asked questions I get in my creative writing classes at school is how to get through middles. People get beginnings and endings intuitively, but the Middle Doldrums is where a lot of new (and not-so-new) writers have trouble. I struggled with middles for years and years, though many novels and
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JUST SAYING 😉 [View the story “Why You Want To Buy #FGU” on Storify] Read more:Free Story: Part 4 of the L.A.O.S.Short Story: A Final Request For MercyDear Amy: In Which I Berate Myself Politely
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1) Panic, because the book was supposed to be YA. 2) Research the heck out of the difference between MG and YA. Some good starting points are here, here, here and here (this one may contain ‘language’). 3) Ask for a bunch of volunteers to read the book for you. Look for volunteers who read MG
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I read this fantastic article the other day about drawer novels. If you have a minute to spare, definitely go read it – and make sure you check out the comments, where people have to give a 25 word (or less) description of a novel they’ve drawered. There are some hilarious ones there – it’ll make you
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