Hi everyone–This blog is mostly written for readers, but occasionally i like to slip in some writing craft which i hope gives readers a better insight into the books they read and shares some ideas with fellow writers. This post is one of those.This past...
For the last year, i’ve been editing two novels. These were the first two works of fiction i ever wrote. When i submitted them the first time, the publisher gave me great encouragement but said there were problems with the books i needed to fix. If i fixed them,...
After i submitted my book, Genetic Attraction, to a publisher the first time, they came back with suggested changes and said i should find some readers to help me. I thought “Really, do i need that?” And the answer is an emphatic YES! Since then, i have...
Ask fiction writers if they’re plotters or pantsers and most will know what you mean. Plotters, as their name implies, carefully construct the plot of their books, at least chapter by chapter and, most frequently, scene by scene. They may do this on the...
I tried to explain to a friend the other day what it’s like to write fiction. He’s a painter and doesn’t even read fiction much, so i was trying to communicate the feeling of sitting at the keyboard and having things just happen. You’ve plotted...
