Tag Archive | #amwriting
How to Keep Up With the Details in Your Manuscript
Originally posted on COW PASTURE CHRONICLES:
As I’ve said before, writing “The End” on the first draft is only the beginning of your work on the road to publication. One of the things I discovered, immediately after completing a 77,000 + word draft, is keeping up with the details, even with Scrivener, seems like a monumental…
Tips On Writing Characters With Agency
Originally posted on WRITING TIPS & WRITERLY MUSINGS:
One thing you hear about a lot when you start sending your manuscript out into the world is ‘agency’. Most agents (and publishers) are looking for characters who make things happen, not ones who merely react to the situation they’re stuck with. https://youtu.be/V3Hpm-z9068 In general, inciting incidents…
The Star Wars Book Tag Pt.2
Hello my little favorite munhkins. Today I am back in school so that is great *please note the sarcasm*. I am just looking forward to getting the next two weeks over with so I can get some more sleep. I re-watched Han Solo on Sunday which is really funny because it really got me in…
When The Publisher Calls You
Originally posted on The Brevity Blog:
Hold on a sec, I got some thoughts about your memoir You open your email, and O frabjous day! A publisher has come calling! They’ve seen your work in a literary magazine and wonder if you have a chapbook, or would like to be in their anthology. Or you…
New Places to Submit Your Writing
Originally posted on COW PASTURE CHRONICLES:
It’s coming up on the end of the year and most of us are busy getting ready for the fast appraoching holidays. But, if you’re like me you have a stack of file of short stories or even essays that have been sitting there gathering dust. Well, here’s your…
Thoughts on the craft #amwriting
Originally posted on Life in the Realm of Fantasy:
We who write all begin this journey with a story we think would make a great book, and a certain amount of natural talent for storytelling. However, unless we have an exceptional memory for the obscure and boring lectures we endured in grade-school grammar, authors who…
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