July 1, 2019 Are You Ready To Get Serious About Grammar? I’ve got a minor hobby in addition to writing – learning foreign languages. Apparently, I’ve got quite an ear for it. A professional Mandarin… Share this:Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
June 27, 2019 Unexpected Ways to Get Ideas for Novels One of the questions best selling novelists get the most from readers and potential authors alike is “Where do you get your ideas?” It… Share this:Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
June 22, 2019 The Number One Reason Your Manuscript Will be Rejected It’s truly sad. I’m always pained by stories of writers who sent their novels out too soon. Recently, I read about a writer who… Share this:Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
June 4, 2019 7 Lessons to Learn About Failing NaNoWriMo One of the most heartbreaking things I experienced in November was reading the tweets of writers who were unable to get their word counts…. Share this:Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
June 3, 2019 The Hardest Lesson to Learn As a Writer After I’d written novel five (and abandoned number 4, because it had derailed), I was sent a video from a producer I was working… Share this:Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
April 1, 2019 Why Learning Story Structure Benefits you Good news – this isn’t an April Fools day joke, because you’re about sick of them. What one thing do you need to learn… Share this:Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
December 7, 2018 What Surprising Factor made You Fail NaNoWriMo? I’ve read with some dismay a lot of people writing the same thing over and over again. “My word count total was 12,000 words… Share this:Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
January 28, 2018 Editing your novel 1 Every writer sets out to write their novel, and thinks once you’ve finished writing it, it’s done. There’s even a famous scene in a… Share this:Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
January 20, 2018 Writing Several Books at One Time One of the most difficult things to do is work on several projects at the same time. It’s actually recommended against. I find myself… Share this:Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
January 19, 2018 Scene Construction 2 What is a scene, at its basic level? this is a big question, really. And the answer to effective writing is in answering this… Share this:Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)