by Stephanie Morrill | Jun 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
Some writers appear to be completely addicted to craft books. There’s nothing wrong with that, but I often find myself reading the same advice over and over. A craft book has to really say something special to me, has to really motivate, for me to buy it and...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jun 8, 2010 | Uncategorized
Instead of doing my usual Tuesday thing, which is to address a question from one of you guys, today I’m asking the question. How do you choose character names?For me, character names are just kind of a feel, and I use all kinds of methods. Even within the same...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jun 3, 2010 | Uncategorized
Little annoys me more in a book than authors who tell me something they could easily show me. Or possibly worse is telling me alongside showing me. This is a silly example, but it’s the book I’ve read most recently, and it’ll work.In – er...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jun 2, 2010 | Uncategorized
While in a conversation with a GTW writer, I told them how awesome it was that they were taking classes in fiction writing. They said, “I wonder sometimes if all these courses might be stopping the ‘natural flow’ of my books, making them sound stiff,...
