30 Thursday Oct 2014
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advice, first person, how to, how to write, narration, narrator, point of view, pov, style, third person, write, writer, writing, writing style
Last Week’s WW: Invincibility Kills
When I first started writing, and for some time after that, I found that I had trouble developing a style that I liked. What’s worse, is that I had problems describing what specifically I didn’t like about it. Continue reading
16 Thursday Oct 2014
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advice, author, how to, how to write, month, nanowrimo, national, novemeber, pantser, planner, planning, plantser, style, writer, writing
With NaNoWriMo only a couple weeks away, there is a question that keeps popping up: “Are you a planner, or a pantser?”
Planners
Planners like to outline. More than like. They need to outline. The idea of writing without a game plan is like being dropped into the middle of the ocean with only a pair of water wings. Sure, you can swim. But you don’t know where to go. You might find your way to shore. Or, you might end up farther out to sea. Continue reading
17 Thursday Apr 2014
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genre, how to, how to write, read, reasons to read, style, writer, writing
Last Week’s WW: What About the Gun?
I took a few years off from reading. I’m not sure how many exactly, but I know it was a long time. It’s probably because I got bored. And I got bored for two reasons. One, I’m kind of a slow reader. Two, I read Dean Koontz exclusively from the time I was eleven.
Angela Cavanaugh 