Jazz, writing and outlining: I’m no ‘Trane
Improviser, please One of the ticks of the writing community I loathe is the use of “pantser” (for seat-of-the-pants-er) to describe people who don’t outline. Pantser brings to mind a middle school boy...
View ArticleTwo Books on Writing: a Review
Victoria Mixon’s The Art & Craft of Fiction: a Practitioner’s Manual 2010, La Favorita Press The Review One of the frustrations when buying instructional books is determining if a book is written...
View ArticleOutlining with K.M. Weiland
Author of Outlining Your Novel: Map Your Way to Success This week, I’m privileged to have K.M. Weiland back to talk about outlining. Katie is the author of two novels and one book on writing, as well...
View ArticleReview: The Art & Craft of Story
Put Victoria Mixon’s books on the top of your writing craft to-read list. Mixon’s second Art & Craft of Writing manual takes the outstanding content of the first and brings it to a formidably...
View Article“See what’s there as clearly as you possibly can”
That’s right. Should I stop? (laughs) When I was teaching I would always tell students…they would want to write these stories, these novels and give me these very skeletal type things. I would say, “Go...
View ArticleTalking Structure with K.M. Weiland
Hello, Katie. It’s always a pleasure to have you at my blog. You have a new writing-craft book coming out this fall, Structuring Your Novel: Essential Keys for Writing an Outstanding Story. Since I was...
View ArticleHow to Keep Going
I recently talked with K.M. Weiland about knowing when to give up on a manuscript and dealing with failure. Fortunately, I haven’t been at a point where it makes sense to give up on a novel, but I have...
View ArticleJane Eyre Annotated for Writers
Today, I have the pleasure of have K.M. Weiland back. Her latest is Jane Eyre, annotated for writers. Broadly speaking, writing books fall into three categories: inspirational, like Anne Lamott’s...
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