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A Museum Visit–and Four Editing Lessons
by Fae Rowen As writers, we can use our lives to fuel our stories in many ways–from plots, to characters, to emotional journeys. This means that our daily lives become a field of rich experience to mine for writing gold. … Continue reading
Posted in Craft, Inspiration
Tagged editing, editing lesson at the museum, Fae Rowen, inspiration at the museum, Writers in the Storm
24 Comments
Brainstorming: Tips For Getting More Out Of “What if…”
By Sharla Rae Some writers brainstorm on their own, some do it with another writer or a group of writers. My personal favorite is ‘what-ifing’ with my critique group. Along the way I learned a few things. I think the … Continue reading
Posted in Craft, This week at Crit Group
Tagged Brainstorming, Critique Groups, editing, plotting, Sharla Rae, writing
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Reading as a Reader
Shannon Donnelly is back this month with a topic that I have spoken with other authors about, but never seen in a blog before. I can’t wait to read the comments, to see what you all think! Here’s Shannon: Something … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging Guests, Craft, Miscellaneous
Tagged editing, reading, Shannon Donnelly, Writers in the Storm, writing
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Tracking Time in Your Novel
By Laura Drake It seems I’m always confessing in my blogs. I’m not sure I want to know what that says about me, but I know wherever my mother is, she’s proud that she had some influence. But that is, … Continue reading
Posted in Craft
Tagged editing, Laura Drake, time in novels, Writers in the Storm, writing
54 Comments
The Plot Fixer #8 – Is Your Plot Too Predictible?
Writers In The Storm welcomes back double RITA finalist, Kara Lennox, a.k.a. Karen Leabo. Don’t miss Kara’s writing tips the first Friday of every month. Here are the links for Parts 1-7: Part 1 – Your Premise Isn’t Compelling Part … Continue reading
Posted in Craft, Miscellaneous
Tagged editing, Kara Lennox, Plot fixer, plotting, Writers in the Storm, writing
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Process Envy
By Laura Drake I belong to the Women’s Fiction chapter of RWA. We just completed a month-long Write-a-Thin (you’d have had to have been there,) and it was wonderful, on many levels (not for me, on the ‘Thin’ part, but … Continue reading
Posted in Craft, Inspiration, Miscellaneous
Tagged editing, Laura Drake, pantster, plotter, plotting, Process, Process Envy, RWA-WF, Writers in the Storm, writing, writing process
48 Comments
WriterStrong: World Building Techniques — Keep Your Reader Grounded In Your Story
by Fae Rowen Because I write science fiction, I have to immerse my reader in the most important facets of my story’s world with the first words. When you add this into the requirements of an opening hook, portraying the … Continue reading
Posted in Craft, WriterStrong
Tagged editing, Fae Rowen, Sci Fi, World Building, Writers in the Storm, writing
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Ax Your Cliches: Why and How
We couldn’t talk WriterStrong without our Yoda of Edits and sparkling prose, Margie Lawson. Be prepared for great takeaway as Margie not only tells you, but shows you how it’s done! Here she is: A big THANK YOU to Laura … Continue reading
Worse Than a Cliché
Welcome to the last Friday of the month with contributing word wizardess Tiffany Lawson Inman. We look forward to Tiffany’s magic to transform mundane writing to the realms of marvelous. And she’s donating a three-page edit to a very lucky … Continue reading
