We’re doing #2 in my 2009 series of free HOOK Edit Specials today: readers sent me the first 150 words of their novels, and I did a quick Developmental Edit on each one, followed by a Copy & Line Edit. (You can still find all these Sample Edits under my… Read more“Free HOOK Edit: The wolf would have been mistaken—<br>by Stephanie St. Clair”
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3 Ways Copyright Law Applies to You
The pen is mightier than the sword. —Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Richelieu; Or the Conspiracy If you’d like to cut straight to the chase, I’ve finally explicated the text in its entirety of section 107 of US copyright law, the section disputed by (mostly self-publishing) plagiarists. However, if you’d like to read… Read more“3 Ways Copyright Law Applies to You”
Free HOOK Edit: my guitar case bounced—
by Marie Devers
In August of 2009 I was starting my independent editing business, so I ran a free HOOK Edit Special: readers sent me the first 150 words of their novels, and I did a quick Developmental Edit on each one, followed by a Copy & Line Edit. You can still find… Read more“Free HOOK Edit: my guitar case bounced—<br>by Marie Devers”
The 2 Ways Writing Keeps You Off the Streets & Out of the Bars
Many years ago I used to hang out all the time in the bars of San Luis Obispo, California. A good friend and I were sitting on the curb outside our favorite dive with our feet in the gutter one night talking deep in our cups the talk of life…. Read more“The 2 Ways Writing Keeps You Off the Streets & Out of the Bars”
11 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Blogging
I don’t really have an introduction for this. I’m just going renegade on my own blog and talking about blogging instead of fiction today. It’s a playground Remember in grammar school when the bell would ring and everyone’d spill onto the playground at once and the volume of voices would… Read more“11 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Blogging”
6 Things I Learned from Dashiell Hammett
I’m still studying Shirley Jackson, and if you don’t know why you can easily find out. I spent all day doing a scene-by-scene analysis of Chapters 5 and 6 of The Haunting of Hill House that turned into line-by-line—that’s how fast she switches gears in her most profound passages!—and at… Read more“6 Things I Learned from Dashiell Hammett”
Dying for a good mystery—the Elizabeth Craig interview
Elizabeth Spann Craig is well-known in the online writing community for her Writers Knowledge Base—the Search Engine for Writers, where she maintains links to all the best posts on writing online, and her weekly
1 Secret Trick to Becoming a Genius Writer in One Day
Now, as far as genius, you think I’m going to say, “Shut up and write,” don’t you? But unfortunately that won’t make you a genius. It won’t even make you a writer. That will only make you a scribbler, which isn’t a bad thing to be, at all. . .but… Read more“1 Secret Trick to Becoming a Genius Writer in One Day”
4 Tricks for Improving Your Fiction in One Day
We’re talking this month about instantaneous ways to improve craft—because, as Carrie Fisher says, “Instant gratification takes too long.” We’ve talked about 2 Tricks to Breaking Writer’s Block in One Day. And 3 Tricks to Ratcheting Tension in One Day. Now let’s talk about how you can use your own… Read more“4 Tricks for Improving Your Fiction in One Day”
3 Tricks for Increasing Tension in One Day
I love the idea that so much of learning to write well starts the instant you learn it. What a fabulous craft! Last week we learned 2 Tricks for Breaking Writer’s Block in One Day. Now for the rest of the month we’ll be talking about other tricks that also… Read more“3 Tricks for Increasing Tension in One Day”