I am not a published writer yet. But I know I will be sooner or later. Meanwhile, I continue to write becuase this is what I like to do.
I just read Maryann Yin's blog, titled "Authors Unite in Marketing." What a clever idea!!! Too often, I hear about writerly jealousy. Yes, you heard me. I come across writers (friends...
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
I just finished reading Joanna Paterson's blog, "Can Writing Keep Us Well?" http://confidentwriting.com/2010/06/can-writing-keep-us-well-group-writing-project/
The title itself is enough to trigger contemplation. My husband often tells me that my rapt concentration when I write is intense. I write often. I write daily....
Monday, July 26, 2010
Premeditated Writer: Prologue - What Do You thi...
Confusing, to say the least, this Prologue thing.
Some say that prologue is completely unnecessary, that the story should begin somewhere in the middle. You could say that there is a place within the story itself that you could position the same information to allow for a slower progression of facts. Some even say that...
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
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It is Chapter 22, 250 pages into the book, and I am stuck. Stuck, as in...how am I going to orchestrate a good fight and kill someone I happened to like? So, I brought in a another character who is just as likable. But I will not have a hard time killing.
It's really the timing. Do I have the bad guys talk to Lizzie...