The Writing Journey

Some actually useful, applicable writing advice I’ve gleaned from different sources after very much reading on the subject

2/10/2017

Challenge yourself to use all five senses in description every 500 words/two pages.
When you hit a block, don’t give up on the story. Skip back in the scene you’re writing and reread. Does the scene have a natural ending point that you have written past? Is there a place in the scene you should try writing in a different direction? Is this even a needed/important/significant/entertaining scene that needs to be in the story as a whole? Maybe it’s not the story you’re blocked on, but just this particular part. (Both 1& 2 attributed to Dean Wesley Smith)
Even when writing in third person, try to write everything from an opinionated viewpoint of the character. (Can’t remember where I read this)
Make your dialogue engaging by remembering everyone has their own agenda when talking. Everyone doesn’t directly answer/respond to what people say and it reads really unnaturally and stilted if you write it that way. (CS Pacat)

Blog Recommendation: The Passive Voice

2/3/2017

For: Writers and others interested in writing, the publishing industry (traditional, indie, and self-publishing), book stores, and other parts of the book world as a whole.
By: “The Passive Guy” (a lawyer)

This blog is a great aggregate, but personally-picked aggregate, of articles and news from around the web about publishing industry news, hot topics, and opinion pieces. Although the banner of the blog profess this space to be “A lawyer’s thoughts on authors, self-publishing, and traditional publishing,” I don’t see the blogger himself doing a lot blogging, but tends to offer.

However, this blog is a very nice resource for keeping abreast with the publishing industry and writing business in many facets and from many angles. I believe it’s good for emerging writers to be aware of the economic climate around their work. Because the articles are handpicked (and not just everything with certain SEO tags) you can’t get too overwhelmed by browsing through it.

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Some actually useful, applicable writing advice I’ve gleaned from different sources after very much reading on the subject

Blog Recommendation: The Passive Voice

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