Editing is an important process in writing. Of course it’s also a great E word. So is Energy, which I apparently have none of today and did not get to the editing I was supposed to work on today. At any rate, I am going to attempt to write a coherent post about editing, even [...]
I decided to flip back to my helpful posts for today, so no humor or regular get to know Nicole posts, only a helpful post that will hopefully get you thinking about description. I also toyed with the dialogue ‘D’ word, but decided I wanted to focus on description after my adverbs and adjectives lesson. [...]
crave/krāv/ Verb: Feel a powerful desire for (something): “give the infants the human touch they crave”. Okay so I am starting to think I should probably stick to a top 5 style of posts this month for multiple reasons. One, they are easier, two they are fun and three I guess doing it this way [...]
Did you know that there are nearly 100 shipwrecks in the Baltic Sea? And that some of them contain millions of dollars worth of treasure? I didn’t either but who wants to get all wet and spend boat loads of money getting there and paying for equipment to get you down to the bottom of [...]
I am so honored to have award winning author, Melissa Foster guest posting on my blog today. I’ve admired Melissa for a long time, and I’m so blessed to call her friend. Her newest release Come Back To Me, is so beautifully written and such an amazing story of love, hope, courage and strength. It [...]
In the middle of writing a chapter and something happens unexpected? Did a character say or do something you didn’t see coming? Perhaps it was something that made you realize he or she is not who you thought they were. Are you looking to get to know each of your characters better? For fun, try [...]
Hey ladies and gents! Please welcome Liz Borino, debut author of Expectations and its sequel, What Money Can’t Buy published by Lazy Day Publishing to All About Writing. She stopped in to talk about dialogue, and making it sound more natural in your writing. Take it away, Liz. Writing Natural Dialogue by Liz Borino In my day [...]
Face it, negativity surrounds us whether we want it to or not. It’s part of life. Years ago, I took great measures to cut out as much negativity from my life as I could – which basically means I don’t do drama, I avoid it all costs and rather than seeing that proverbial glass as [...]
Now before any of you tell me that I’m so clever and an awesome storyteller (because I am, you know) – I did not write this. I wish I had, but I did not. Maybe I’m not that clever, afterall. I got this forwarded to me, and normally I delete everything but this was so [...]
There has always been a camaraderie in networking with other authors and writers. I’ve been around a long time now, and it’s just common knowledge that we can all learn from each other. We’re all in this together, we’re all aiming for the same goal, and there is plenty of room for all of us. Right? That’s what [...]
Do you do this? I know some people write out of order, that isn’t totally uncommon. Sometimes inspiration will hit and I will find myself writing a chapter that goes later in the book, because I can see the entire scene in my head. The book I am working on now however, while not complete, [...]
There has always been a camaraderie in networking with other authors and writers. I’ve been around a long time now, and it’s just common knowledge that we can all learn from each other. We’re all in this together, we’re all aiming for the same goal, and there is plenty of room for all of us. Right? That’s what [...]
Do you outline your novel? How much outlining do you do? Do you use a program? Notecards? Pieces of torn paper or napkins? In my normal daily writing, I tend to be a planner, plotting, outlining, note cards and post it’s. I used yWriter up until recently when I have been messing around with Scrivener [...]
