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The 6 R’s of Revising
Keep Calm and Write On!
Writing Character | Barbara Poelle
20 Creative Writing Terms Better Than Good | GDC
Do you find yourself using the word ‘good’ to describe just about anything? Surely, it’s convenient and time-efficient to use one word over and over again, but does it really express the exact meaning you’d like to convey?
Via https://globaldigitalcitizen.org/20-creative-writing-terms-good
How I Became A Writer | Women Writers, Women’s Books
I became a writer when I was ten years old, the same year that I discovered Agatha Christie – and therefore crime fiction. On Christmas Day 1984, I unwrapped a notebook and a box of pens, and after lunch, while everyone else dozed chipolata-stuffed in front of the TV, I made a nest in the corner of the dining room and began to write my own murder mystery.
How to Get the Right Kind of Feedback for Your Writing | Inc.com
Writing can be a downright scary process. Whether you’re writing a book or an article, you are opening your ideas to an audience and allowing them to engage with – and maybe criticize – your work.
For this reason, writers often hold their content close and only allow others to read it when it feels more polished and complete.
The downside to keeping your ideas and writing private lies in losing out on valuable feedback if you don’t share early and with the right people.
via How to Get the Right Kind of Feedback for Your Writing | Inc.com
9 Ways You Succeed When Your First Draft Fails | WritersDigest.com
Do your first drafts always turn out exactly how you want them to? Congratulations! Keep doing what you’re doing.
For most of us, there’s a gap between the beautiful, magical book in our heads and the rough, inadequate first draft that lands on the page when we try to write that beautiful book down.
But here’s the good news—for every way your first draft fails, it gets you farther down the road to success. Here are a few of the ways it might happen to you.
via 9 Ways You Succeed When Your First Draft Fails | WritersDigest.com
15 Ways to Find Writing Inspiration
How to find your own writing style
Tropes and cliches can be hard to avoid, especially when you’re working within specialized genres or categories. Tom Siddell, creator of the webcomic Gunnerkrigg Court, reminds us why it’s so important to write for yourself:
You have to hold your own interest first, otherwise you will never hold the interest of others.
http://blog.nanowrimo.org/post/149077594827/how-to-find-your-own-writing-style
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