by Peter Leavell, @PeterLeavell Research is a kingly or queenly quest. You’re the hero in a foggy hallway filled with doors. You open one at a time to see what secrets are hidden. Eventually, you discover a golden crown. Yet, as you pick up the crown and set it on your head, you notice a new hallway with more doors …
Back to Virtual School: 5 Tips For Productive Writing During This New Season
by Heidi McCahan, @HeidiMcCahan The new school year has arrived and even if you don’t have children, you’re probably still aware of this milestone event that marks the end of summer and the unofficial beginning of fall. As my own children are adjusting and adapting to the changing landscape of a school year that’s beginning online, I’ve realized now is the …
Learning to Set the Scene Without Bogging Down the Reader
Lindsay Harrel, @LindsayHarrel As writers, we all have our strengths. Some of us excel at plotting, creating compelling action that drives the story forward. Others are amazing developers of characters that readers can relate to and love. Still others set the scene and are fabulous at giving description, making us feel like we are right there immersed in the story. When …
4 Ways to Survive Self-Editing
by CJ Myerly, @mdippedinink My son curls into my side, a sheet of stickers in his lap as our preacher speaks. He points to a sticker. I peel it off, and so it goes. Over and over again, as he sticks each sticker to a blue sheet of paper. Then, comes one of the stickers that’s a little more complicated, that …