by Stephanie Morrill | Jul 6, 2020 | Beginning Writer's Guide To Finishing A Novel, Characters, Editing
I hope our U.S. writers had an enjoyable and safe 4th of July! Ours was weird with fireworks shows cancelled, but I did go to a friend’s house and watch Hamilton on Disney+. After years of hearing about how great the show is, I was happy for the opportunity to...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jun 22, 2020 | Beginning Writer's Guide To Finishing A Novel, Editing
I’m not going to swear that my method for editing will work for you, but it has served me well over the years. As a kid, I always thought of editing as “tidying up” whatever words I already had on the page. I’m not sure when I realized that...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jun 15, 2020 | Beginning Writer's Guide To Finishing A Novel, Editing, First Drafts
In last week’s post, Why You Shouldn’t Start Edits Yet, a very natural question arose in the comments section: How do you know if you should bother with editing your book? How do you know if it’s worth it? That’s a decision that only you the...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jun 8, 2020 | Beginning Writer's Guide To Finishing A Novel, Editing, First Drafts
There are very few parts of my writing rhythm that I’ve hung onto from the beginning, but taking a break between writing my first draft and editing my manuscript is a big one. I first read about the idea of taking time off between a draft and edits in Stephen...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jun 1, 2020 | Beginning Writer's Guide To Finishing A Novel, Writing Life
Once upon a time, when my daughter was 4, she was obsessed with the idea of getting a robot horse. McKenna was sure that a robot horse was the answer to all her problems. She thought there could be a basket underneath so that the horse could clean her room for her...
by Stephanie Morrill | Apr 27, 2020 | Beginning Writer's Guide To Finishing A Novel, Climax, Denouement, Story Endings
Today is my last post about the drafting process, though not the last post in this series! Next week, there will be a writing contest, but it will only stay open through Monday night. I wanted to let you know now so that you’ll remember to check the blog next...
