If you want to write a novel that’s literary as fuck
Then here are some tips from the fucking great Suzanne Reisman.
On Valerian
I generally don’t like to post negative reviews. What’s the point? So let me say right off that I did not hate the movie. It just left me feeling flat. I want to understand why. As a writer, I want to avoid these mistakes.
From my work blog: What’s a rule and what is just style: Using italics for direct thought in fiction
Aside from writing, I do book design, layout, and editing for others. This is my first post on the new site that touches on rules vs. “rules”—important considerations when you’re editing someone else’s prose.
Something I often have to remind myself as a writer
A book (or short story or painting or movie or any creative work) comes to life and dies several times over.
A first-person narration aspect often overlooked
The story and the telling of the story are two different things.
How is the author-editor relationship affected by who hires whom?
That’s a question I explore in a guest blogpost over on Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers. There’s a joke in the …
How is the author-editor relationship affected by who hires whom? x
Who is the woman hero?
This is a question our culture seems to be still trying to figure out. Yesterday Kate Lawrence explored this question …
J is for Jot
If you have nothing to say, jot it down. If you have something to say, jot it down. Just jot …
Writing lessons from the (Acting) Method
When we write, we’re sharing a piece of ourselves, as transformed through our novel or short story memoir or even …