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Editing
 By Melinda Evaul, on February 3rd, 2012About thirty years ago this ceiling fan was a lovely addition to this old home. It’s not exactly what I’d choose for my new kitchen, but my husband saw great potential in this find and salvaged it before they demolished the house. So what does this have to do with writing? This old [...] Editing, Plotting
By Naomi Musch, on December 16th, 2011Re-writing / Self-editing As we consider story structure, we’ve compared it to laying the groundwork and frame for a house. We’ve planned (plotted), followed the blueprint (kept theme in mind), searched for incongruities in structure (those scenes, voices, or characters that just don’t fit), and revealed backstory clues. But when we get to the [...] Editing, Language usage
By Lynn Dean, on November 25th, 2011If all goes as planned, this week we’ll begin remodeling our new home. Let me share a picture that I think ties in with our writing lessons–a Spanish Mission arch on the fireplace, a Dutch door, and a Colonial mantle! This struck me as odd the first time I saw it, but I couldn’t [...] Editing, Pacing, Plotting, Point of View
By Melinda Evaul, on November 18th, 2011We started the year with a post on Story Engineering. With two contributors in the midst of home renovations, it’s no wonder if our posts about plotting a story keep drawing analogies to architecture. We’ve likened genre to architectural style. We’ve said that themes and motifs provide a sense of form and function to [...] Editing, Self-publishing, The Writing Industry
By Melinda Evaul, on October 7th, 2011I want to introduce my new best friend. We met when I formatted my novel, Grow Old With Me, for publication in various eBook formats. Meet ΒΆ also known as Pilcrow. This mark should become your best friend too. Pilcrow shows the end of each paragraph and opens access to other non-printing characters in [...] |
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