Editing sucks. There. I said it. Except it doesn’t have to, or at least I don’t think it does. I am not saying that it doesn’t stink when your editor or beta reader says something like, “Good premise, but I can’t connect to the character” or “I like where you were going, but the scene fellContinue reading “Close your eyes to see”
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Write What You Know
Most of us have heard this advice and thought, “But what I know is boring,” or “What I know has already been written.” Here’s the thing. “Write what you know” is not about me writing a story about a woman who got pregnant at 17, married at 18, had some more kids, and divorced beforeContinue reading “Write What You Know”
What’s in a name?
There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed. – Ernest Hemingway There is something to be said for those first moments of writing a new novel or short story, those moments when you simply let your fingers run free across the keyboard with no goal except to getContinue reading “What’s in a name?”
Creating a vision board for your characters
Are you a visual person? Do you find yourself looking for pictures on Pintrest of doppelgängers to the characters you are creating through words on the page? If so, creating a character vision board may be for you. Generic vision boards tend to focus on sending a message into the universe about your desires and dreams.Continue reading “Creating a vision board for your characters”
