Saturday, September 30, 2017

Character Emotions

There are many ways to show, not tell, your readers your characters' emotions.

http://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/06/keep-it-fresh-10-ways-to-show-your-characters-emotion/

Friday, September 29, 2017

Evaluating Feedback

Some critiques of your manuscript are more useful than others.

https://michelekeller.wordpress.com/2017/06/30/evaluating-writing-feedback-advice/

Thursday, September 28, 2017

Book Sales

It's surprisingly difficult to find out how many copies of your book actually sold.

https://electricliterature.com/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-book-sales-but-were-afraid-to-ask-1fe6bc00aa2d

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Permissions and Fair Use

If you're quoting another book, song, or poem, it's important to know what's permissible under the fair use rules.

https://www.janefriedman.com/permissions-and-fair-use/

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Twitter Pitches

There are several opportunities now to pitch your manuscript via a Twitter contest.

http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/guide-to-literary-agents/preparing-twitter-pitching-contests-including-sffpit-week

Monday, September 25, 2017

Middle-Grade Historical Fiction

When you're writing for eight to twelve year olds, you can't always assume the knowledge of history they have.

http://www.katejfoster.com/general-blog/writing-historical-fiction-for-middle-grade

Sunday, September 24, 2017

Characters

Seventy-five questions to help you know more than you ever thought you could about your characters.

http://www.thewritersalleyblog.com/2017/06/75-questions-to-help-you-get-to-know.html

Saturday, September 23, 2017

Networking With Writers

Here are some tips on how to get to know other writers and form a community.

https://www.thecreativepenn.com/2017/05/03/author-friends/


Beginnings and Endings

It's easy enough to say start when the story starts and end when it stops, but how do you do that?

http://thewritepractice.com/how-to-begin-a-story/?hvid=4NlO7E

Thursday, September 21, 2017

Nonfiction

Voice isn't just important in fiction--nonfiction writing has voice, too.