#Amwriting #WritingCommunity #Writers (Beth Turnage Blog) Coming Up Short? You May Be Skipping Your Character’s Feelings I’ve been reading a novelist whose first two books have me looking at the story through my developmental editor’s lens. Occupational hazard. Once you spend enough time figuring out why a scene doesn’t work, it’s difficult to turn that […]
(Beth Turnage Blog) I’m typing this from my bed at 2 a.m. with a deadline looming. By morning, I’ll have turned someone else’s rough idea into 5,000 words of polished prose they’ll publish under their name. And that’s exactly how I want it. For many, ghostwriters are shadowy figures who spin words for cash. You […]
The following is from my post on Quora responding to this question: Do writers and authors write out an outline of their novel first? How detailed is the outline? Whether to outline or “pants” (meaning to write by the seat of their pants) is individual to each writer. Some people, (like me,) “pre-write” their books […]
The following is from my post on Quora responding to this question: Do writers and authors write out an outline of their novel first? How detailed is the outline? Whether to outline or “pants” (meaning to write by the seat of their pants) is individual to each writer. Some people, (like me,) “pre-write” their books […]