Archive for the ‘Aspiring Writers’ Category
Aug 20, 2010
Writer’s block? Uh, no. Think around it…There’s ALWAYS a way. I’m serious. I’ve gone through weeks (and even months) when I felt like I “couldn’t write,” but half my battles were usually won if I tried a different angle…
Writer Linda Ford asked fellow fiction writers what they do to get going again, when they seem stuck. Here’s her compiled list of advice (with a few additions of my own): Continue reading
Tags: getting going, writer's block, writing
Mar 5, 2010
Writing Tips
The best thing you can do as an aspiring writer is to read, read, read, especially the kind of books you’d like to write. Study your favorite books—how characters and plot and subplots develop, chapter by chapter, what principle action takes place…if you take the time to outline your favorite book, it might look a lot like what the author began with herself!
Subscribe to Writer’s Digest. It is a monthly magazine that helps aspiring writers of any genre with some craft basics. From it, I learned enough to write my first novel! You can too!
Study the market. It is difficult for an unpublished writer to get published, so you have to work every angle you can. What does that mean?
Target ONLY publishers who publish the kind of books you like to write! Continue reading
