Should a Pantser Try to be a Plotter? One Pantser’s Shocking True Story By Laurel Osterkamp
There is a huge debate among authors about which is better, plotter or pantser, but the best choice is what works best for you.
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Trees, Forests, and A Bird’s Eye View by Nevada McPherson
It’s the end of the summer and the rough draft phase in the development of my novel. It’s also the beginning of rewrites, revisions, and serious editing. And getting a bird’s eye view of the story.
Moving Through Hopelessness and Impossibility, 4 Things Before Breakfast by Beth Barany
This post is about: moving through hopelessness and impossibility in you writing, four things before breakfast. Beyond the hopelessness we may feel about what’s happening in the real world (and I feel it,) there...
Revise for Your Reader’s Experience by Beth Barany
This post is about principles on how to revise for your reader’s experience. I’m staring at my WIP—work in progress. It’s final edits time. Fish or cut bait. It’s time to make all those...
Why I Don’t Hate Editing by Hugh Tipping
Arguably, the most popular episode of the 1950’s sitcom “I Love Lucy” was the episode “Job Switching” in which friends Lucy and Ethel took a job in a candy factory. In that episode’s celebrated scene, they had to hand wrap individual chocolates moving along a conveyor belt into a packing room. They were able to keep up until the belt sped up resulting in a hilarious scramble to prevent any unwrapped candies from getting by.
Theme -> Organizing Principle -> “I love revising!” By Jackie Blain
I created my fair share of trunk manuscripts… until I finally figured out a way to embrace the revision process. My Diagnosis Murder colleagues still shudder whenever someone mentions “the godforsaken Food Fight script” about which the less said the better.
CRAFT: Do You Get the Message?
Welcome to the another article in the Craft series, this one by Bobbye Terry, a frequent guest columnist at the Writer’s Fun Zone. ^*^ Do You Get the Message? Theme is one of the...
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