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The Windup…and the Pitch! Part 2
By Janet Butler
Posted 8/29/2024
Writing conferences are valuable for learning new information, networking, and making progress in your writing and publishing journey. But they’re only for extroverts, right?
No, they’re for everyone!
I attended the national RWA conference last year and had a blast, even though I’m not your classic extrovert.
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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 For 30 years, the Writers League of Texas has sponsored contests for unpublished authors; face-to-face appointments with New York editors and agents; and a plethora of presentations about craft and business.
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National Novel Writing Month: The Most Fun You’ll Ever Have Writing . . . Really
By Mike L. Downey
Posted 10/30/2024
Stephen King wrote that writing long fiction is “. . . a difficult, lonely job; it’s like crossing the Atlantic in a bathtub.” Mr. King obviously never did National Novel Writing Month (NANOWRIMO).
Now this is not a dig at Mr. King since I’m obviously no Stephen King, but then who is? This is about you writing a novel in a month and having the most fun writing you’ve ever had.
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How to Make the Most of Your Writing Time
By Leslie J.Wyatt
Posted 12/16/2024
Assuming you’ve been able to carve out a dedicated writing time from your allotted twenty-four hours and figured out where you’ll do that writing, congratulations! Those crucial pieces of the overall picture are essential to writing success. With your when and your where now in place, it’s time to address some aspects of how to make the most of that precious window of creativity.
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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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