I’m working very hard on trying to finish my outline for a middle grade novel, and hope to use NaNoWriMo as extra motivation to get the first rough draft finished. BUT I don’t want to start writing the novel before I’m ready so if I fall behind, then I’m not . . .
Continuing my series on working with Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers on two new books… POSTS SO FAR: Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 (Summary: After I finished illustrations for I’M BORED, Simon & Schuster BFYR offered me two blank contracts. This series is about my own experience working with S&S BFYR . . .
Writer Unboxed has many excellent posts about the craft and business of fiction, but I especially enjoyed Jane Friedman’s most recent post for writers which asks, how much time should you spend on writing versus platform building? I posted a comment today but am going to post an edited version of it below . . .
Kate Fall has a great post about how to create a successful “unreliable narrator” in middle grade fiction on the MiG Writers Blog. An excerpt: The trick is to present both what is really going on and what the character is thinking, and to have some reason why the character sees the . . .
Julie Duffy is a writer and the host of StoryADay.org, a creative writing challenge held in May every year. — I’ve just finished up StoryADay May, in which a bunch of writers sat down every day and wrote, well, a story a day. It’s a real challenge and each year it teaches me something . . .
Julie Duffy is a writer and the host of StoryADay.org, a creative writing challenge held in May every year. This Friday, March 25 is the start of her 3-week Warm Up Your Writing short story course. (http://storyaday.org/wucourse/) I was tickled to see Debbie’s recent cartoon, No Magic Beans, Just Write because I was . . .
I’ve started a blog series over on the MiG Writers blog about writers and voice, for those interested. Today’s post: Stephen Pressfield & the Fabrication of Voice
I’d like to welcome Julie Duffy, my very first Guest Blogger. Julie is a fierce advocate of everyone’s right to write. She hosts StoryADay.org, a creative writing challenge held in May every year, and has written magazine articles, ebooks and workshops for writers. Until May she’ll be posting warm-up writing prompts every Wednesday . . .
One of my favourite sites for writers: ROUTINES FOR WRITERS. Their posts are almost always inspirational and/or informative. Not surprising, considering their tagline: “Helping Writers Write More” Today’s post on their blog is no exception, an interview with Erin Bow. I’ve always enjoyed learning how about how writers organize a space, and . . .
If you find yourself vowing to do some writing but then reach the end of the day not really sure where the time went, I strongly advise keeping a time diary for a few days. Make sure you pick days which are fairly typical in terms of your planned schedule. . . .