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SIX OF THE BEST… revision tips
I’ve been part of writing groups for a few years now, and one thing I’ve learned is that they’re invaluable in getting people to critically read your work with the goal of you revising it to become the best writing … Continue reading
SIX OF THE BEST… writing tips that I could come up with
Look, most of us nerds do want to be writers of some sort — whether it’s music, games, books, or movies, we all think we have these great ideas that would make us zillions of dollars and earn us oodles … Continue reading
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Tagged cinemasins, clarion, comedy, darrell schweitzer, deathly hallows, diff'rent strokes, favorite author, in medias res, nancy kress, nanowrimo, odyssey, swimming pool, taos toolbox, wandlore, workshop, writing
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SIX OF THE WORST… ways you can ruin an otherwise-good idea for a genre fiction story
It’s NaNoWriMo time, when thousands of people try to bang out a 50,000-word novel in 30 days and then start submitting it to publishers without any editing or peer-critiquing, and then getting butthurt on the internet when their stories don’t … Continue reading
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Tagged chekhov's gun, critique group, gary-stu, genre fiction, gratuitous sex scenes, last resort weapons, limitations, mary-sue, nanowrimo, research, the last starfighter, the name of the wind, writing, writing group
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Obsessed With Doing Something Else. ANYTHING Else.
Like many writers, I get obsessed with doing things that aren’t related to writing. Here’s what’s been obsessing me lately. Obsessed With Doing Something Else. ANYTHING Else. : Escape Pod
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Tagged brentalfloss, civilization, civilization v, father's day, obsession, singlemindedness, tunnel vision, writing
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How Not to Be a Clever Writer
I know, you want to be Joss Whedon so bad it hurts. (And, quite possibly, it’ll hurt your readers, too.) How Not to Be a Clever Writer I’d like to think that I don’t try too hard to be Joss … Continue reading
Brightshadow Academy for Mary Sues
And this is what happens when you put yourself into a story. (via chainsawsuit by kris straub – brightshadow academy for mary sues)
Elmore Leonard’s Ten Rules of Writing
scribnerbooks: annadevries: cmasonwells: Elmore Leonard’s 10 rules of writing, via The Trad Know them. Love them. Amen. I remember reading this right before reading the 5th Frank Herbert Dune novel. The thing I noticed most was number 3 – Herbert … Continue reading
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