Hope everyone had a very, Merry Christmas! I can’t believe this is the last Saturday of 2009. Next week if I have time, I’ll blog about my favorite books of ’09 and my New Year’s resolutions. One of my resolutions is to finish my novel, which means I need to wrap up these preparations for [...]
Archive for December, 2009
WERE 4: Revising the Joy
Posted in Editing, Second Drafts (WERE), tagged revision tools, software, WERE on December 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »
WERE 3: Reading for Joy
Posted in Second Drafts (WERE), tagged first drafts on December 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you’re new to Winter’s Editing & Revising Extravaganza, check out WERE 1 and WERE 2. Once you’ve had a suitable break from your novel, at some point you’ll need to reread the entire first draft. Sound obvious? Maybe not so obvious is how you should read it. The Five D’s of Reading a First [...]
WERE 2: Planning the Joy
Posted in Second Drafts (WERE), tagged goals, revision tools on December 12, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Last week I talked about the five R’s and rediscovering the writing joy. Any luck with that? Any news to share? Once you find your joy, then you get to plan it! I know, I get way too excited about plans. But imagine the ideas! The goals! The potential! I’m all a-tingle. The Five W’s [...]
WERE 1: Rediscovering the Writing Joy
Posted in Second Drafts (WERE), tagged motivation on December 5, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I’m having so much fun with the book club, I almost forgot to write this post! Continuing the week of debuts, today is the start of Winter’s Editing & Revising Extravaganza (WERE)! A brief rundown of what you can expect from WERE. Every Saturday in December, I will discuss ways to prepare for your novel’s [...]
SHIVER by Maggie Stiefvater
Posted in Writer's Book Club, tagged Maggie Stiefvater on December 2, 2009 | 42 Comments »
Welcome to the debut of the Writer’s Book Club! As I announced last month, the book for December is SHIVER by Maggie Stiefvater . . . and the discussion of it begins today! For more details about the WBC or SHIVER, see my earlier post. To keep from spoiling the book for those who haven’t [...]
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