Best. Writing. Advice. Ever.
I haven’t been able to find the attribution for this photo, but if it’s legit, it’s got one of my all-time favorite writers (Nora Roberts aka J.D. Robb) and a fabulous piece of advice. 🙂 xoxo, Chloe
Category: The Craft
Writing Cinematically
I tend to write what I think of as “cinematically” — the book tends to play in my head like a little movie, and I write down what I “see.” Fantasy author Sam Sykes made a really interesting point today on Twitter: I tend to think of a lot of prose in terms of cinema. Descriptions[…]
The Truth About Writing
This timeline by Guillaume Morissette is disconcertingly accurate. 🙂 So sad. So true. 🙂 xoxo, Chloe
The Editing Process in Traditional Publishing
Once upon a time, I wrote summaries of my writing process. Part I discussed brainstorming, Part II discussed outlining, and Part III discussed the actual writing. I’ve finally finished Part IV, the editing process, at least for traditionally published print novels. I opted to make a graphic to simplify the process. Briefly, you start at[…]