Okay, okay. Maybe you do need an editor. I know that even doing editing for others, I still need an editor myself. We all need an extra set of eyes from time to time to look over our work, pick out the mistakes and help us improve the overall content., but long before you hit up an editor, self-editing is an essential part of the creative process. Editing your own work will not only help you analyze your strengths and weaknesses as a writer, but you can pinpoint spelling and word mistakes, grammar errors, plot and character weaknesses and points in your story that might need expansion or even reduction. [...]
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As a huge advocate for all things zombie-related, of course I got a shiver of delight when @michbek and I chose brainstorming for this week’s “She’s Write About That.” Even though brainstorming really has nothing to do with zombies, and would probably be a good way to kill them if you could configure the details, it is a great way to add detail, structure, history and backstory to your work. Sometimes it’s a fantastic jumpstarter for creative endeavors, whether writing related or not, and while you may not be a fan of typical brainstorming techniques, I bet you do it all the time, and don’t even know [...] Dialogue, for many people, is the bane of their writerly existence. Either the formatting throws them off, or it feels impossible to create believable exchanges between characters, but the fact is, dialogue is one of the most important parts of your story. It creates atmosphere, draws away from the “telling” aspect of characterization and plot, develops character and sets the overall tone for your story. [...] Homework. The word brings dread to the hearts and minds of nearly everyone who hears it. It inspires memories of high school algebra, chemistry and vocab. It may even bring to mind that horrid teacher, you know the one who was always on your case about turning in late assignments, but when I talk about homework, I’m talking about something different. I’m talking about [...] Look at me, blogging when I’m out of town. Okay, not really, I wrote this blog before I left because Michele and I didn’t want to leave you guys in a lurch on our third week out. This week, we’re talking about reading our work out loud, something podcasting requires you to do, obviously, but [...] At first, I wasn’t sure why I proposed to MichBek that we write about writer’s block. Other than the fact that it affects just about every writer on the planet, I sometimes like to think it doesn’t affect me. I have always had an abundance of creative ideas. In fact, right now I have about [...] Yesterday, my friend Michele Bekemeyer (MichBek) and I were discussing the implications of insanity that probably come with talking to our characters. They are, after all, imaginary people, right? Somewhere along the lines, we got to talking about what a great writing blog post that would make, and our conjoined blog plot was born. [...] |
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