Or, Fortune Favors the Bold Nearly two years ago, I was stuck. I knew I couldn’t go any further with my novel without some help. So I started looking for beta readers. It’s not easy finding someone to read a draft of a novel, let alone find someone who will offer helpful criticism. I …
Creating the story, pounding out the first draft..those are the easy parts. I just let my mind go and let my characters do the talking. I travel the journey with them until the end of the story. Then I let it rest while I do something else. After a month or so, or whenever I …
I’ve been feeling stuck with my editing. You know the feeling. Like no matter how hard you try, how many editing passes you make on your novel, it’s just not getting any better. All the momentum I had after NaNo seemed to have vanished with the smell of fresh-baked Christmas cookies, long since eaten. So …
Now that I’m in the editing phase of the memoir I’m ghostwriting, I went back and reviewed some blog posts I’ve read in the past year on the subject. Here are the best five, and why: Perfecting Your Plot This post won a spot on my list because one successful writer gives his process for …
Now that I have the memoir I’m ghostwriting drafted, it’s time to get out my red pen and start editing. I hate this part of the process. I love this part of the process. No, I’m not schizophrenic. I just have a love-hate relationship with editing. I’ll start with the hate. (I always like to …