My 2013 New Year’s resolution / project was to focus on a writing project — revision, specifically, since my creative spark remains a barely-glowing ember after the past couple of years. On January 1st I pulled my very first draft… Read more ›
I’m finally thinking about writing again. Still no clue what *about*, but it’s comforting nonetheless. As I slashed and burned through Silent Chances last summer (a.k.a. HTRYN* Lessons 14-17), I really struggled with my plot and figuring out the motivations… Read more ›
I used to think “revision” and “rewrite” were one and the same. That was back in the days when I thought a first draft was the skeleton with flesh and blood and brains, just needing a transfusion and perhaps a… Read more ›
We all know it when we read one. A masterpiece, that is. A fully developed, well-plotted, delightfully populated novel that keeps you up into the wee hours of a work night. The kind of story that makes you long for… Read more ›
The past few months — since January, really — have been pretty rough. From taking on h.s. thesis & homework oversight, to Grinding through an intensive revision course (Holly Lisle’s How to Revise Your Novel course [affiliate link]), to Discovering… Read more ›