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 writing 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 …