The first bit of advice people always give writers is “write what you know”. That’s still good advice, but there are other things you should do as well. The first is research. Research lets you know more about what you…
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A Few Words Of Advice
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Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Troublesome Scenes
Sometimes when you are writing fiction, you run into scenes that just don’t work. My advice when that happens is to just write the scene and worry about it in the revision process. That is the best thing you can…
Tagged with: Point of view, POV, revising, revision, writing, writing scenes, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
The First Draft
The first draft of anything is never anything anyone would want to read. It can be choppy. It can be rambling, repetitive or have other issues. But it’s the first draft. Getting it done is what counts. What you do…
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Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Balancing Time
When you write something, you must edit your text. NaNoWriMo is all about writing. Forget the self-editing until you finish the first or rough draft done. Then you can revise what you wrote. Established authors say to let the work…
Line-by-Line Revision
I hate revising. I need revision, but I abhor the job. No one ever wrote anything that didn’t need at least a little editing. My process is to read the work first and flag any problems I find while reading.…
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Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Revising More Than One Piece
Sometimes you need to finish revising one piece while starting revision on another. It’s easy to get confused between pieces. There are tricks to use to do so with relative ease. I use a project management app called Project Studio.…
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Posted in Writing Techniques
Doing A Read Through
The first step in any revision is to read the work first. Read it objectively. Approach the piece as though you’ve never seen it before. I usually like to wait a couple of days after I finish shorter pieces to…
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Posted in Writing Techniques
Posted in Writing Techniques
Practicing Revision
I think daily revisions are important. I don’t mean revise as you write. That’s a delaying tactic and you will never finish a rough draft that way. I mean practicing. Yes, practice makes perfect is a cliché for a reason.…
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Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Writing Logs
I know how many words I have written each day. I also know when I have completed a blog and posted it. I also know how many words I have added or cut from a piece each day as I…
Tagged with: Control, logs, revision, spreadsheets, tracking changes, writing
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Pacing Your Fiction
Pacing is important. If events in your story happen too quickly, or the story is over almost before you start. If they happen too slowly, your reader will get bored and abandon the story. You need action, exposition and back…
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Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
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