Failing again. Failing better.
As I mentioned yesterday, Catherynne Valente was offering writing advice on Charles Stross’s blog. I only posted links to parts one and two. Because I am sure you found her posts to be so wonderful, I thought I’d let you know that you can now find posts three and four online. And don’t worry, part…
Over on Charles Stross’s (@cstross) blog, Catherynne Valente is guest-blogging. She has written two great posts that offer some great advice for writers. If you are unfamiliar with Catherynne Valente (@catvalente), she is the author of a number of wonderful books, especially if you are a fan of fairy tales. And if you like fairy…
OK, so here’s another quick post, also from io9.com. They posted a great link,
I’ve previously written about sfnovelists.com’s Skill List Project here and here. It’s a fantastic series of posts for all fiction writers, not just science fiction writers. Today’s post, about writing descriptive passages was another winner. James Alan Gardner, the author of the post, provides this great quote regarding writing descriptive passages: “A descriptive passage is…
Jon Gingerich of LitReactor.com has a great post on editing your story. But his advice is also useful for nonfiction writers as well. I used to edit a journal at law school, and I followed an editing pattern similar to the one suggested by Gingerich. You see, when you edit, you shouldn’t be looking only…