Tag: fiction
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Good Writing Advice: Test Voice with Visceral Reaction
Voice: it’s one of the more difficult terms to define when it comes to writing craft. Not only is it the resulting synthesis of many different elements (language, punctuation, pacing, flow, character commentary, etc. etc. ad infinitum); it varies hugely writer by writer, and often even piece by piece. For this segment of Good Writing […]
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Forum Friday: Conferences, Expos, and Book Fairs, Oh My!
I recently signed up to volunteer at the book fair portion of a local writing festival and I am SO excited about it! Admittedly, of course, I haven’t been to anything that resembles a ‘Book Fair’ since grade school, when they used to send us home with those little flyers… So what I am really […]
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Forum Friday: Book vs. Film
Surely we have all watched a movie adapted from a book we enjoyed and either thought to ourselves, “Wow. They did that really well,” or “WHAT?!??” Deviations from the original are only to be expected I think, but certainly some are more successful than others. I would like to open today’s forum to talk about […]
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Forum Friday: Who do you write for?
I don’t just mean target audience (though feel free to include that in your answer); I mean, when you pick up a pen or open Word and start typing your chapter or story, is there a specific person you’re writing to? Many writers talk about writing for someone specifically within their target audience. Stephen King […]
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Good Writing Advice: Submit Your Best
Today’s writing wisdom deals with the submissions process and comes from literary agent Marisa Corvisiero of the eponymous Corvisiero Literary Agency. In a 2011 interview with Chiseled in Rock, when asked what essential advice she would give to authors seeking representation, Corvisiero said this: “Do your research and always put your best foot forward. Learn […]
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My First Writer’s Meet-Up
Last night I did something I had never done before: I met with a dozen strangers to read aloud and critique work. Writing can be a very isolating profession. I throw myself pretty hard at my work, and much of it requires silence, or at least a certain sequestering from outside influences. I think the […]
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Good Writing Advice: 15 min/day
Today’s gem of writing advice comes from an interview with literary agent Laurie McLean of Agent Savant. The interview is given by Matt Garland of Winning Edits. Garland asks what advice McLean would give to writers who are “stalled” (stressing, stuck, procrastinating, etc.) in their author’s journey. McLean responds, “Write every day, even if it’s […]
Julie Israel 