Writerly Ways

[cornerofmadness]

Well this week's episode of this was interrupted by a storm driven power outage that lasted hours. I ended up sitting on the porch talking to neighbors and getting eaten alive by mosquitoes. Whee. And I had just saved all my changes for Like Stone just before the power went out, lucky for a change.

All I was going to talk about was how grateful I am to have fanfiction in my life. Right now I'm so stressed I can't really do my original fiction to any degree but since fanfic just needs me to build on what is already there, I can keep myself writing without much effort.

That said I need to find some readers for my YA werewolf/seer story (I have some but more would be nice, it's now 15 years old and I really need to do SOMETHING with it and I need help building momentum).

So have some links

from Betty Writers Beware of the Legal Pitfalls – Copyright Basics Part 3

20 of the Most Instructive Quotes About Writing

Branding 101: Defining Our Brand

Showing Your Scenes through Your Characters’ Senses

Real vs. Fictitious Settings


5 Ways to Hook Your Readers

Fiction Writing Contests Worth Your Time in Summer 2019


RECENT CHANGES & UPDATES IN WRITING STYLE GUIDES

Seven Ways Writers Sabotage Beta Reading I disagree with some of this. I would MUCH rather get chapter by chapter to read than the whole damn document at once but with many things this is a matter of preference

From around the web

My 20-Step Plan to Writing a Book: Part 1 (Steps 1-10)

A Stellar Book Opening… It’s Not About The Weather

It’s Never Too Early To Start Writing

Body Image as Theme

Endings Are Not Stoppings: On Game Of Thrones, And How We Conclude Our Stories (this does have spoilers)


And I keep forgetting to say belated happy birthday to scribesds!