Proofing Your Own Work It is a truism that a writer cannot proof their own work with the same quality as using a third party. You are too close to it. Even if you put it down for a while, when you pick it back up it will be like an old friend you spent…
Scrivener is an excellent program for writing books. Its ability to get out of the way and let you write, organize and outline before, after, or during your first draft, are second to none. For fiction writing, it allows a writer to keep notes, character studies, settings notes, and so forth for easy access. For a…
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]After having prepared to read the book, scanned it, read it, taken notes on it, and written brief summaries, it is time to actually write our book review. If you have followed the procedure in Part 1 and Part 2 of this series, then you should have the following…
In the last post, I discussed how to prepare to write a book review: what questions to prepare beforehand, how to scan, read, question, and take notes. This article describes how to add the most important element of a professional book review: the critique. I try not to critique a book until I have been through…
Writing a book review is, in my opinion, a win-win-win scenario. First win: I get to read a book. Second win: I get to write. Third win: I get to share a book with others. Writing book reviews is a good way for writers to hone their writings skills and analyze how another writer writes. Writing a book…
I am happy to announce that I passed the 50,000 word mark on Thursday, November 26, 2014, and became a winner of National Novel Writing Month. I upped my daily word count during the last week in order to reach 50k by Thanksgiving—I did not want to have it hanging over my head during the holiday…
I am down to the last week of my participation in National Novel Writing Month. As of today, I have written over 41,000 words—9,000 from the finish line. Though I have written a millions of words over the years, I do not think I have written this many words for such a sustained time in…
Seventeen more days to go in National Novel Writing Month. The draft of my novel, To and From Upon the Earth (working title) is on target to reach 50,000 words by the end of November. In fact, at this pace, I will hit the mark before the last day. I have had a few days where writing…
Six days into National Novel Writing Month, I have written over 10,000 words and met my goal of about 1700 a day. Twenty-five more days to the finish line for (working title) To and Fro Upon the Earth. In the last post, I described how I had chosen a general thematic concept, the literary style, and chosen…
Image courtesy of National Novel Writing Month In two days I will begin writing for National Novel Writing Month. Joining hundreds of thousands of other writers, I will produce about 1700+ words a day for 30 days. NaNoWriMo writers often describe themselves as either ‘Outliners’ or ‘Pantsers,’ that is, they write by outlining first or…