It’s the end of NaNoWriMo season. Rather than participating, I spent my evenings studying for several reasons 1) I needed to study. 2) I have yet to reach the required word-count on any of my finished stories. Truly, I am a well-educated and efficient author, above the need to actually write anything, but I thought, “What [...]
Posts Tagged ‘rules 4 writing’
Seven Serious Rules of Writing
Posted in fiction, tagged rules 4 writing, writing on November 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Shrediting
Posted in fiction, tagged grammar, rules 4 writing, writing on September 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I am bad at editing. I procrastinate editing because the process scares me. My editing has four distinct stages. In this post, I demonstrate them by tearing apart the first paragraph of a draft. Waves swept over the boat’s side. Jill clung to the steering wheel’s post, trying desperately to stay on her feet. She had lashed [...]
Writing Stories: The Two Page Rule
Posted in fiction, tagged Happy Birthday!, rules 4 writing, what I learned..., writing on June 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last week my inspiration wrote about the characters she’s creating for her politically charged fantasy story. Since this is her first major story recorded on paper, and I’ve been nagging encouraging and advising her to write for a long time, I’m not a little pleased with the results. However, as always, there are significant barriers to [...]
