Your First Draft is Allowed to Suck!
962 readersIn this article, Icy Sedgwick reminds us all that our first draft is just that, a draft, and gives us advice on how to keep that in mind and improve our writing. If you?re anything like me, you probably spend a portion of your day keeping up with your contacts on Twitter. If you?re reading this
NaNoWriMo Writer Chosen as Starbuck?s First Digital Book Pick of the Week
11008 readersStarbucks has chosen Erin Morgenstern?s The Night Circus as its first digital book Pick of the Week. The debut novel began as a National Novel Writing Month manuscript and endured 30 rejections from literary agents. Last summer, The Wall Street Journal explored Morgenstern?s ?high-six-figure advance? and her potential as a successor to J.K. Rowling in an
First Draft Fun
719 readersI am currently writing the first draft of my second book. ?It has a working title of 18 Kisses and I am having such fun with it. ?I love creating characters and writing big chunks of chapters in one go. ?First drafts are my favourite. ?Rewrites bring the book to the next level, but the
Be Extraordinary
1241 readersHow many hours does it take to write a novel?a good one, a publishable one? How many hours will you have to spend thinking about that story, then actually typing out a draft, and then revising-revising-revising? Many. Possibly many more than you think. So the goal is to make those hours count. To be sure
Yes We Can.
1493 readersThe sun was shining when I joined the queue today at Dublin Castle at 12.30 p.m. Not very many of my friends wanted to go to the Obama rally, and those who did had to work. I felt a tad lonerish at the prospect of standing by myself for 7 hours, but I was not
Ten Reasons Why Writers Should Fail: Part One
624 readersIt?s not a secret anymore ? making mistakes is simply a part of life. I make mistakes, you make mistakes, pros make mistakes ? we all?make mistakes. To most of us, making a mistake as a writer is a sign of failure. If that?s the case, then failure is the only option ? because it?s from our
The Heroism of Revision
1969 readersI am an author with a wonderful agent but I have a question that would be better answered by an editor, and I'd like your input.My debut novel has been on submission since the beginning of the year. In our first round of submissions the first 'no' came...
Evil Wylie Twitter Writer Gives Interview
814 readersThe satirical writer Evil Wylie granted his or her first interview to Independent Publisher. For weeks, the anonymous writer has posed as a fictional version of literary agent Andrew Wylie on Twitter. In the interview, Evil Wylie admitted they created the Emperor Franzen Twitter feed (a satirical version of Jonathan Franzen), but did not create the
7 Things I?ve Learned So Far, by James Dashner
1729 readersThis is a new recurring column I'm calling "7 Things I've Learned So Far," where writers at any stage of their career can talk about seven things they've learned along their writing journey that they wish they knew at the beginning. This installment is from successful kids writer James Dashner. Guest blogger James Dashner's latest YA book is The Maze
Why I Love and Write Women?s Fiction Novels
227 readersWe have a special guest today!? Allie Larkin, author of Stay (Dutton), is here to talk about why she loves and writes women?s fiction (her specialty!).? Visit Allie on the web at www.allielarkinwrites.com. Why I Love and Write Women?s Fiction Novels By Allie Larkin I?ve always been a reader.? I love the escapism of books.? I love the
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