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A Writer’s Voice, part 2—Or, One Path to Finding Yours!
By Janet W. Butler
Posted 11/26/2024
In part 1, we talked about the unique writer’s voice—and that, sometimes, it’s hard to define or pinpoint.
How do you know what your particular “voice” is?
How do you identify it?
How do you know it when you hear it?
And can it change?
Last question first, because this particular question seems to be a biggie.
Short answer? Yes…to a point.
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Follow These Six Easy Research Steps to Build a World that Is Fictional—But Rings True
By Ann Kellett
Posted 9/26/2024
Love it or hate it, research is one of our most important responsibilities as writers.
Insert today’s slang into an Edwardian-era novel—even once—for example, and you not only throw knowledgeable readers out of the narrative, but you deprive others of an authentic experience.
Here’s one step-by-step process for turning research into simple, doable tasks.
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6 Writing Traps that Kill Your Sales in Chapter One
By Adrienne deWolfe
Posted 9/26/2024
Signed up for a live pitch event and want to make the best of it? Tried live-pitching already but the agent was visibly untouched and passed on your book? Never dared to sign up cause it feels like the most daunting thing in the world? My friend, I hear you. And I brought you 6+1 pro-tips, all based on experience and research, that will ease your worries and help you excel at this very special (and often very expensive) step of your writer’s journey.
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8 Tips for Successful Networking at a Live Writers’ Conference
By Adrienne deWolfe
Posted 9/26/2024
Believe it or not, live writer’s conferences still exist in the world. A savvy networker can advance their career by leaps and bounds at such events — assuming, of course, that they know how to “work the crowd.”
Networking is word-of-mouth advertising. If you've ever asked a friend for a restaurant recommendation, or if you’ve ever urged a relative to visit your favorite salon, then you've networked.
Business networking transpires when two or more professionals meet face-to-face to exchange mutually beneficial information. For example, one of the largest writers’ organizations in the United States hosts a live conference every summer in my hometown. For 30 years, the Writers League of Texas has sponsored contests for unpublished authors; face-to-face appointments with New York editors and agents; and a plethora of presentations about craft and business.
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Scenes and Sequels: The (Relatively) Easy Way to Plot Your Novel
By Ann Kellett
Posted 9/26/2024
If it’s true—as F. Scott Fitzgerald claimed—that “character is plot and plot is character,” then the scene-and-sequel approach to novel writing makes the task of plotting much easier. This approach was developed by the late Dwight Swain, an author and screenwriter who taught at the University of Oklahoma, and in my opinion as a fiction editor, is one of the best.
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