A farmhouse, a beach, the principal’s office, church. These are the kinds of places we think about when we think about writing setting. We choose a location for our scene and then we contemplate what sensory details we might incorporate to describe it. We consider the lighting, the weather, the color of the furniture. But…
I’ve got a list for you that’s got all sorts of writing success strategies in it. But here’s the thing, no list of how-to’s and what-to-do’s will help you reach your writing goals if you don’t do them. It seems obvious, but this gets at the heart of accountability. The writing accountability items on this…
There are a number of writing how-to books that I turn to over and over and they’ve become my favorite writing craft books. In fact, I’ve read so many (hundreds) of craft books over the years I’ve put together a big list of recommendations. If you want to take a second to snag that list,…
If you’ve never hired an editor to help you with a creative writing project, there’s a good chance you don’t even know what types of editing are available to you. If you Google “types of editing”, you’re going to get hit with information like “Developmental Editing. (Also called: conceptual editing or manuscript appraisal)” and “Evaluation…
I learned of the term “weasel words” from writer Matt Bell, who thinks he learned it from Gabe Durham. In any event, it’s becoming part of the writing lexicon and what it means, in the creative writing sense, is different than the dictionary.com definition—“words or statements that are intentionally ambiguous or misleading.” Although the words…