is moving to www.learntowritefiction.com. I have been asked to post this series as a guest blogger and I am really excited. You will also find future author interviews at my own blogsite with a link to LtWF. Follow my blogs at www.virginiasviewonnovelwriting.wordpress.com In the meantime, keep writing. Virginia
This blog is a way for me to share the experience of writing a novel with anyone who happens upon my posts. It isn’t meant to teach anyone how to write a novel. There are plenty of classes by qualified teachers you can attend and of course you can read every single book about writing [...]
I guess that I should have given some advice as to how to develop the premise. Look for ideas where you normally look, newspapers, magazines, people you know, what you overhear in a crowded place, whatever jumps out at you as a possible story idea. When you develop a premise you are taking an idea [...]
I started the 90 Day Challenge thinking I could write a novel without any planning. I can’t. I need a story line and some kind of direction or it feels like all I’m doing is counting words. I had signed up for the newsletter at Cheryl’s Learn to Write Fiction site and have received lots [...]
Epic fantasy was definitely not Her bag. She may like to read them, but writing one? That would be a big ol’ no.
Is it because I’m writing this instead of working on revisions or that I have the attention span of a gnat? Oh look, something shiny!
Recently several blogs caught my attention asking people what they have given up for their writing dream. I was surprised by some of the things people have sacrificed for their writing. Other things didn’t surprise me at all. Some people have given up housekeeping, cooking meals for their families, and their lunch hour at work. Some [...]
If anyone were to ask me if I were a pantzer or a plotter, I wouldn’t have a definite answer. I fall somewhere in the middle. I’m not free-spirited enough to be a pantzer and not quite OCD enough to be a plotter, but I do have tendencies in both directions. I guess I could [...]
As far as I can tell, it requires a tremendous amount of skill to convey character, setting, and plot in just a few thousand words. Apparently I’m not that talented.
You can always learn something from reading books written by other authors. See what I learned when I picked up new books from some old favorites.