by Stephanie Morrill | May 13, 2010 | Uncategorized
You have no idea how long I’ve been avoiding this subject.Correctly using Point of View (hereafter known as POV) is tricky, and often one of the last things a new writer masters. (Followed closely by Showing versus Telling. More on that next week.)This will be...
by Stephanie Morrill | May 4, 2010 | Uncategorized
A writer e-mailed me to ask, “How do you name your books? Whats the best way to go about it?”For a writer, titling is one of those funny things where it matters … but it also might not.I didn’t come up with a single one of my titles. Actually,...
by Stephanie Morrill | Apr 29, 2010 | Uncategorized
In part one, we talked about viewing our manuscripts as “fixer uppers” that we’d just bought. We talked about taking care of the big stuff before we started prettying her up. In part two, we prettied up, and today we’re talking about being...
by Stephanie Morrill | Apr 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
I’ve decided to no longer call you guys “readers.” When I used that term in the past, I meant people who read GTW and sent questions. From now on, I’ll refer to you guys as “writers.” Because if you’re writing, you’re a...
by Stephanie Morrill | Apr 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
Last week we talked about how to start editing: Look at the big picture stuff. For those who missed the first post, you can check it out here.Once you’ve got your big picture items taken care of – POV, plot, characters – you can start...
