Joy to the World Joy to the world! the children come. Let earth receive their grace! Let ev’ry heart prepare them room And heaven and nature sing And heaven and nature sing And heaven and nature sing. Read more. . . O Come All Ye Faithful O come, all ye… Read more“Children’s Carols”
Author: Victoria
5 Ways to Make Your Novel Helplessly Addictive
We’re in October mode, which means that we’re revisiting the three most basic aspects of plot structure, beginning (as we like to begin: backward) with CLIMAX: 5 Ways to Make Your Novel Unforgettable. That was fun! So now let’s back our way into the middle of the novel, where all… Read more“5 Ways to Make Your Novel Helplessly Addictive”
5 Ways to Make Your Novel Inescapable
We came into our October review of the three most basic aspects of structure through the exit—as is only right—and we’ve worked our way backward through the middle of all the high jinks and mayhem. So let’s get right up to it now and tackle that most difficult and rewarding… Read more“5 Ways to Make Your Novel Inescapable”
23 Inevitable Questions to Ask Yourself at the End of NaNoWriMo
We did it! We survived! And now we have a few questions to ask ourselves. . .one, two, three, four, five. . .in fact. . . Join us for: 23 Questions for the End of NaNoWriMo.
8 Ways NOT to Describe Your Main Character
Today I’m sending you all on over to another one of my most-viewed blog posts: 8 Ways NOT to Describe Your Main Character Although StumbleUpon only shows around 800 views, that’s because we didn’t add the StumbleUpon button until after 8 Ways had already cut its swath through the StumbleUpon… Read more“8 Ways NOT to Describe Your Main Character”
5 Ways to Make Your Novel Unforgettable
I always like to spend every autumn studying in-depth the three most basic aspects of plot structure: HOOK DEVELOPMENT CLIMAX There are lots of folks in the online writing community who are limbering up their writing muscles at this time of year. And I have found that the simpler and… Read more“5 Ways to Make Your Novel Unforgettable”
8 Places to Find Inspiration
You know what’s hard? Sitting at your desk day in and day out, month after month, year after year, trying to come up with fresh and significant angles on life in an imaginary world. After awhile it seems like every character you create spends all their time flipping through random… Read more“8 Places to Find Inspiration”
21 Things You Writers Know that Non-Writers Don’t
What it’s like to be transported to a parallel universe of incandescent vision through your own small words. How it feels to unravel the mystery of all human endeavor into a web of light that pulses delicately in your hands. Everything about your main characters’ childhoods, which were so poignant… Read more“21 Things You Writers Know that Non-Writers Don’t”
3 Vital Steps to Creating Your Protagonist for NaNoWriMo
We’re talking about how to approach the first draft of your novel this month, in honor of NaNoWriMo, Last week we talked about the 3 Essential Guidelines for your overall novel, and the week before that we talked about Running into the Jaws of NaNoWriMo. And today we’re going to… Read more“3 Vital Steps to Creating Your Protagonist for NaNoWriMo”
3 Crucial Aspects of Writing Scenes for NaNoWriMo
We’re talking about tackling first drafts this month, for the sake of all you NaNoWriMoers scampering around out there. We’ve looked at Running into the Jaws of NaNoWriMo (doing what into the what?), 3 Essential Guidelines for starting a novel in general (doing it how?), and 3 Vital Steps to… Read more“3 Crucial Aspects of Writing Scenes for NaNoWriMo”