by Jill Williamson | Aug 24, 2012 | Writing
Me and Susie May Warren By Jill WilliamsonLast week I got to go to my absolute favorite writer’s conference. Now, I love all writer’s conferences. I just can’t help it. But this one… it’s special. Here’s why:1. It’s mine....
by Jill Williamson | Aug 21, 2012 | Writing
By Jill WilliamsonThis was not what I’d planned to write about this morning…I’m having a hard few weeks, that’s for certain. Ever been there? Of course you have! We all have.I know better than to save my documents. And I’ve lost them...
by Jill Williamson | Aug 17, 2012 | Writing
by Jill WilliamsonThis may be review for some of you. But I’d like to go over this for those of you who have some confusion about when to use a comma or period or what when writing dialogue.First of all, there are two types of dialogue tags: “said” tags and...
by Jill Williamson | Aug 14, 2012 | Writing
by Jill WilliamsonIn Dwight Swain’s book, Techniques of the SellingWriter, he teaches about scenes and sequels. Try not to get confused. Really, a scene is a scene. But Mr. Swain is clever in explaining how types of scenes should rotate. So he calls one type of scene...
by Jill Williamson | Aug 10, 2012 | Writing
by Jill WilliamsonThinking about writing a short story? Wonder where you can get it published?I’ve only published about five or six short fiction stories, so I’m no expert. Many people write a short story, then go looking for someplace to sell it. But...