Another letter without a book title (and another I was fairly surprised at). Since I talked last month about whether or not to share first drafts and how to do so effectively, I thought it would be a good idea to look at the other side of the coin and give some tips on how best to help someone who has asked you to look at their work. What are the best practices when you’re critiquing writing? Continue reading “C: Critique Etiquette”
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B: 5 Best Writing Exercises
I don’t have any stories whose titles begin with B (which was kind of surprising to me), so today we have a writing tip instead, and since it’s the beginning of Camp NaNoWriMo I thought writing exercises would be a good choice.
1. Find a Writing Prompt
Obviously this one’s pretty simple, but there are a couple of different ways it can be used. Continue reading “B: 5 Best Writing Exercises”
Worldbuilding Resource Round-Up
Today I have a round-up of worldbuilding resources for you guys that I’d intended to post last month and ended up replacing with a post on info-dumping. Hopefully these resources are helpful. :) Continue reading “Worldbuilding Resource Round-Up”
Top 5 Tips for Sharing Your Writing
Last week I talked about whether or not you should share first drafts. This week I’m going to expand on that, in a way, and give you some tips for how to effectively share your work in a way that’s beneficial to you and easy for the readers you’re sharing with. And this applies to any stage of the writing process (until you’re published, of course), not just first drafts.
0.5. Know Why You’re Sharing
This is the first step. Continue reading “Top 5 Tips for Sharing Your Writing”
Sharing First Drafts: Yea or Nay?
First drafts are rough things. Sometimes they’re wonderful and you adore writing them, other times you nitpick over every word, and sometimes you start writing and realize they’re crap and don’t deserve to be written. (We’re not talking about that last kind at the moment.) The question is, should we share these with others or keep these special babies to ourselves until they’re polished?
For newer writers, I’d suggest Continue reading “Sharing First Drafts: Yea or Nay?”