Hey everyone, welcome to this week’s writerly update. I have had an odd week, writing wise, this week. For most of the week, I didn’t really feel like writing. For those of you who regularly read this update, you know that it usually kills me to go days without writing, so to go days without … More A Writerly Update 42.
When writing, it is important to show your readers what is happening rather than tell them. It’s a golden rule of writing. There is one area of showing vs. telling in writing that I hadn’t really thought about, though, and that’s character internalization. I was reading a post on Janice Hardy’s blog that talked about … More Writing Tip Wednesday: On Showing Or Telling And Internalization?
I was on Beth Revis’s Tumblr and came across this very interesting post. Beth is a New York Times Bestselling author of the Across The Universe trilogy. She gets asked periodically why she doesn’t go to a certain area to do a book signing, and I thought her answer was quiet eye opening. You see, … More Writing Tip Wednesday: Beth Revis On The Cost Of Book Signings.
I read this great post on Maggie Stiefvater’s blog the other day and just had to share her wise words of advice with you. She wrote the post because people (I’m assuming writers) were on twitter talking about some authors’ careers and whether they deserve their fame. Maggie is into race cars and has spent … More Writing Tip Wednesday: Wise words from Maggie Stiefvater.
For this week’s Writing Tip Wednesday I would like to direct you to THIS article on The Gaurdian website that gives you some great rules for writing fiction. Elmore Leonard, Diana Athill, Margaret Atwood, Roddy Doyle, Helen Dunmore, Geoff Dyer, Anne Enright, Richard Ford, Jonathan Franzen, Esther Freud, Neil Gaiman, David Hare, PD James and … More Writing Tip Wednesday: Rules For Writing Fiction.
Robin Lafevers, author of Grave Mercy, posted a great post on her blog on May 16th about surviving the nearly there stage. She says, ‘One of the hardest stages of your writing journey—one that will take the most dedication, commitment, and self exploration—is the ‘nearly there’ stage. This is the stage where your critique partners … More Writing Tip Wednesday: Surviving Nearly There.
Those of you who write short stories might be interested to know that the people over at The Review Review were curious about myths that circulate regarding lit mags. So they asked this question on Facebook: ‘What are some myths you have heard about submitting to/publishing in/editing literary magazines?’ They got replies from writers and … More Writing Tip Wednesday: Lit Mag Mythbusters.
It seems like the big questions on everyone lips when talking to an author is whether or not they are a pantser or a plotter. I’m more of a pantser. Before I write I usually know the beginning and the end and maybe a few scenes in the middle. The rest I like to make … More Writing Tip Wednesday: On Outlining.
I subscribe to the Nelson Literary Agency newsletter. In the recent newletter I received, Kristin Nelson shared the top culprits for why an agent stops reading a submission. Kristin says if you say yes to any of the following questions it’s time for a revision! 1) Does your opening chapter begin with action, but then … More Writing Tip Wednesday: Top Reasons Agents Stop Reading Submissions.
My apologies for getting this up so late, I intended to get it up on time but my hectic week caught up to me and I feel asleep extremely early last night. But better late than never, right? For today’s writing tip I would like to direct you over to Writer Unboxed, to a letter … More (A late) Writing Tip Wednesday: To The Soon To Be Published Author.
Rochelle L. Sharpe 