Tag Archive | reading
These are the 2 Types of Rough Drafts
Originally posted on Ryan Lanz:
? by Samantha Fenton Not every rough draft is created equal. There are different ways of mind when writing the rough draft. Depending on your style, maybe your draft has taken forever to write. You just want to get it as perfect as possible. Or maybe the rough draft is just a chance…
How to Characterize Love in Your Writing
Originally posted on Ryan Lanz:
? by Jacqui Murray How do we characterize love in your writing? Because, if you’re a writer, you must. It doesn’t have to be sex but it has to take readers that direction, right to the edge of the cliff. Yes, you can leave the lurid details out, but let…
…so when will 100 years old be considered the new ‘middle age’?
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…it’s an extraordinary thing this age business… when Master Gallacher was creeping into his teens, emb’dy who was over thirty years old was regarded as ‘getting on a bit’… when my turn came to reach that same ripe milestone of 30, the horizon had stretched sum’what to ‘oldies’ being on…
…have yeez been introduced to my Jack Calder characters yet?…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…the inevitable question arrived the other day, when I was Guest Speaker at The Royal University for Women in Bahrain… are the characters in the books modelled after ‘real’ people?… for a split second, I felt that p’raps the audience thought the players in the novels were only figments of…
Writing to Market – What Does It Mean?
Originally posted on Ryan Lanz:
? By Julianne Q. Johnson Should a novelist write to market? Should they avoid writing to market like the plague? Should they write to trend or to tropes? What does it all mean? Take heart, gentle reader, I will do my level best to tell you what it means. To…
Why You Should Read About Writing
Originally posted on Ryan Lanz:
? by Kelsie Engen The moment you think you know everything about writing, that’s the moment your writing plateaus. Last week I talked about why writers should read voraciously. But that was a post focused on fiction. You know, reading in the genre you write. For instance, if you write fantasy,…
Writing Contest: The Missouri Review’s $1000 Miller Audio Prize
Originally posted on Kristen Twardowski:
I’ve found another great contest for writers; The Missouri Review is now holding its annual Miller Audio Prize. This contest is a little different than some of the others that I’ve shared. As the name indicates, entries must involve an audio element. Participants may submit a piece of poetry, prose, humorous…
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