What’s Your Non-Fiction Voice?
Even if we usually write fiction, we’ll likely write non-fiction sometimes. And when our fiction voice isn’t appropriate, we’ll need to develop a different style for non-fiction.
Pin ItRevise vs. Start New: Which Is Better When We’re Stuck?
Ever hear the tip: Don’t let yourself get stuck on a single story? How can we know whether to listen or ignore that advice?
Pin ItThe Pros and Cons of Experimenting
The processes that worked on our last story might not work on our next one, but we want to think about the pros and cons before experimenting.
Pin ItWhat Defines Our Story? Drive vs. Focus
Ever feel like popular writing advice doesn’t apply to your story? Defining our story’s mix of drive vs. focus might help us know when advice is a bad fit.
Pin ItAdvice: For Writing or Beyond
With both my virtual and physical organizing projects, I was reminded of advice attributed to Marie Kondo: “Discard everything that does not spark joy. That advice resonated with me far beyond “tidying up.”
Pin ItStory Revisions: Keeping Track of Changes
Anytime we make a lot of changes to our story, we risk problems, but it helps to track the edits we need to make. How can we organize our revision?
Pin ItHow Do We Set Goals When Trying Something New?
It can be hard to set goals when we’re starting something completely new. How can we know what “success” looks like when we don’t know what’s possible, impossible, or unlikely?
Pin ItWhat Can Authors and Readers Learn from #CopyPasteCris?
In the recent scandal known as #CopyPasteCris, Cristiane Serruya plagiarized a lot of books. We’re looking at how it happened and what (if anything) can be done to prevent it from happening again.
Pin ItRomance Love: Happy Valentine’s Day!
It’s often not easy to be a romance author, and the time around Valentine’s Day can be especially trying. A whole day (or week) focused on love and romance brings out all types of naysayers for the romance genre.
Pin ItWriting: A Form of Therapy? Or a Source of Insights?
As writers, we often joke about how writing can act as therapy. Yet beyond the typical therapy aspects, writing—with its direct connection to our subconscious—gives us an open door to our brain and thought processes.
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