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5 Editing Practices to Develop into First-Draft Habits

5 Editing Practices to Develop into First-Draft Habits

by Jill Williamson | Feb 20, 2019 | Editing, First Drafts, Writing

Generally speaking, the more you write, the stronger your writing becomes. If you’re not studying the craft of what makes writing clean and powerful, however, you could develop poor writing habits, which makes more work for you during the editing stage. So, yes, you...
How To Know If Your Book Works As A Whole: Part 3

How To Know If Your Book Works As A Whole: Part 3

by Stephanie Morrill | Jan 28, 2019 | Editing, Getting Feedback On Your Writing, Getting Published, Plot, Story Structure, Writing, Writing Life

Looking for the earlier posts? Click here for part one and click here for part two. The last couple weeks we’ve been addressing the question, “How do you know if your book works as a whole?” Links for parts one and two are up above, but as a very...
NaNo (Almost) Over? What Next? Here Are 5 Tips to Take Your Story to the Next Level

NaNo (Almost) Over? What Next? Here Are 5 Tips to Take Your Story to the Next Level

by Jill Williamson | Nov 28, 2018 | Editing, First Drafts, NaNoWriMo, Scenes and Scene Structure

First of all, as I’ve said before, National Novel Writing Month isn’t all about “winning.” Most of you know that 50,000 words isn’t long enough to be a full novel, anyway. The point is to get yourself writing, to write in community with...

Go Teen Writers: Edit Your Novel (Want to help with a cover reveal?)

by Stephanie Morrill | Oct 15, 2018 | Editing

Jill and I are super excited to announce that we are releasing a REVISED AND UPDATED version of our popular 2013 release Go Teen Writers: How To Turn Your First Draft Into a Finished Book!  The new title is Go Teen Writers: Edit Your Novel, and will be available for...
How to Create Strong Obstacles and Plot Twists For Your Novel

How to Create Strong Obstacles and Plot Twists For Your Novel

by Stephanie Morrill | Oct 8, 2018 | Editing, First Drafts, Grow An Author

For the past couple weeks, we’ve been talking about story middles. Shannon talked about how in the middle you often find cracks in your masterpiece, and fixing character problems that crop up. I talked about creating a big midpoint scene, and the structure of...
How to Get Back on Track When You’ve Been Away from Your Story

How to Get Back on Track When You’ve Been Away from Your Story

by Jill Williamson | Sep 26, 2018 | Editing, First Drafts, Productivity

Normally, I don’t like to do any rewriting during my first draft-stage. I just want to plow through and get that story written. But I’ve had an unpredictable summer. Life didn’t always go as planned. (Didn’t ever…) And here I am at the...
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