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Friday, March 20, 2015
Here's more good stuff for you from Writer's Digest University.
Writer's Resources 3 / 20 / 2015
Dear Readers,
Here are more writing resources that can help you. The info is from an email I received from WRITERS MARKET.
WRITER'S DIGEST BLOGS
WritersDigest.com is the top online resource for writers online-regardless of where they are in their writing journeys. The site offers a lot of great content, including continually updated posts from a variety of writing-related blogs.
Here are a few recent posts:
Gift a subscription to Writer's Digest magazine.
Click to continue.
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FOLLOW WD ON TWITTER
One of the great things about technology is that writers can find helpful information in several different places, including Twitter. By the way, click here to learn how to use Twitter to boost your writing income.
Follow the following Writer's Digest personalities to boost your writing and publishing IQ:
Of course, you should be following @WritersDigest too!
Here are more writing resources that can help you. The info is from an email I received from WRITERS MARKET.
WRITER'S DIGEST BLOGS
WritersDigest.com is the top online resource for writers online-regardless of where they are in their writing journeys. The site offers a lot of great content, including continually updated posts from a variety of writing-related blogs.
Here are a few recent posts:
- The Top 10 Elements of a Book People Want to Read
- 12 Workplace Skills to Apply to Your Writing Career
- 4 Writing Tips I Learned at Drama School
- 2015 April PAD Challenge: Guest Judges
Gift a subscription to Writer's Digest magazine.
Click to continue.
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FOLLOW WD ON TWITTER
One of the great things about technology is that writers can find helpful information in several different places, including Twitter. By the way, click here to learn how to use Twitter to boost your writing income.
Follow the following Writer's Digest personalities to boost your writing and publishing IQ:
Of course, you should be following @WritersDigest too!
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Top 10 Errors Writers Make That Editors Hate
Happy Friday!
Here is a tutorial from Writers Digest that discusses the most common errors writers making when writing their novels and screenplays. It covers much of what I have told writers when critiquing their books and screenplays. I suggest checking out the video.
Enjoy!
Top Ten Errors Writers Make That Editors Hate
(What are they? And how do you fix them?)
Hi Everyone!
A great idea can hook an agent or a publisher. But ideas are cheap. It’s the execution that matters; the execution decides whether your manuscript ends up in the slush pile or on the shelves of a bookstore. The way you develop your idea and bring it to life will not only hook, but also reel in agents and publishers … and ultimately your readers. Editors want you to succeed. They want to discover great new writers and read compelling stories lived by memorable characters. But there are some common mistakes that stand in your way.
This illuminating tutorial will reveal the ten most frustrating errors writers make, covering such story elements as plot, structure, character, dialogue, and more, as well as general writer’s issues like style and voice. Discover the dangers of the forced plot twist and the cardboard character, explore ways to avoid unnatural dialogue, and gather ideas that will boost the interplay between dialogue and narrative while learning strategies to self-edit and fix common mistakes.
This tutorial is presented by literary editor Helga Schier. After years as editor in traditional publishing houses, Helga founded withpenandpaper.com and now provides independent editorial and writing services. Helga holds a PhD in literature and is a frequent lecturer at writers’ conferences. She has edited, written, or translated well over one hundred books. A true writer’s editor, Helga guides fiction and non-fiction writers through the development, writing and editing process, helping them to craft the best books they possibly can.
In this 38-minute tutorial, you’ll discover:
Preview: Top Ten Errors Writers Make That Editors Hate
Writer's Digest Tutorials Members enjoy full access to all tutorials featured in this newsletter, as well as every tutorial on the tutorials site. For only $199 you gain access to all Writer's Digest's writing tutorials for an entire year. That means you have access to all 211+ current tutorials and all the new tutorials created throughout the year. With the addition of at least one new tutorial every week you have access to a minimum of another 52 educational tutorials. Watch every video whenever you like, as often as you would like . . . and be the first to watch the new tutorial we post each week!
Haven't taken advantage of the wisdom bestowed through the WD tutorials yet? Why not try it out today and see all that our WD tutorials have to offer! You can try WD Tutorials for only $25/month! You will enjoy instant access to 211+ tutorials, including at least one new tutorial added weekly. Also, there are many new tutorials still in development. Feel free to preview the many tutorials immediately available to you through the WD Tutorials site.
Wishing you a happy and healthy week!
~ Sue Johnson~
P.S. If you missed the last newsletter (or two), be sure to watch these new and featured tutorials:
Phantom Scribe: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Ghostwriting
Blockbuster Fiction: Exploring Emotional High Points in Popular Films
Engaging Readers with the Five Senses
Be Your Own Editor: Tips for Self-Editing
Engaging Your Readers Through Emotion and Description
Story Trumps Structure: Context Determines Content
For quick and easy access to all WD Tutorials available to you, use this link:
View All WD Tutorials >
Here is a tutorial from Writers Digest that discusses the most common errors writers making when writing their novels and screenplays. It covers much of what I have told writers when critiquing their books and screenplays. I suggest checking out the video.
Enjoy!
Top Ten Errors Writers Make That Editors Hate
(What are they? And how do you fix them?)
 | SUE JOHNSON Writer's Digest Tutorials |
Hi Everyone!
A great idea can hook an agent or a publisher. But ideas are cheap. It’s the execution that matters; the execution decides whether your manuscript ends up in the slush pile or on the shelves of a bookstore. The way you develop your idea and bring it to life will not only hook, but also reel in agents and publishers … and ultimately your readers. Editors want you to succeed. They want to discover great new writers and read compelling stories lived by memorable characters. But there are some common mistakes that stand in your way.
This illuminating tutorial will reveal the ten most frustrating errors writers make, covering such story elements as plot, structure, character, dialogue, and more, as well as general writer’s issues like style and voice. Discover the dangers of the forced plot twist and the cardboard character, explore ways to avoid unnatural dialogue, and gather ideas that will boost the interplay between dialogue and narrative while learning strategies to self-edit and fix common mistakes.
This tutorial is presented by literary editor Helga Schier. After years as editor in traditional publishing houses, Helga founded withpenandpaper.com and now provides independent editorial and writing services. Helga holds a PhD in literature and is a frequent lecturer at writers’ conferences. She has edited, written, or translated well over one hundred books. A true writer’s editor, Helga guides fiction and non-fiction writers through the development, writing and editing process, helping them to craft the best books they possibly can.
In this 38-minute tutorial, you’ll discover:
- The most common grammar, spelling, and punctuation issues
- The most typical inconsistencies
- The most frequent stylistic errors
- How to use clichés to your advantage
- How to create memorable characters
- How to show and not tell
- Ways to increase the power of your dialogue
- Ways to support natural plot development
- Ways to spot and avoid hangnail writing
Preview: Top Ten Errors Writers Make That Editors Hate
Writer's Digest Tutorials Members enjoy full access to all tutorials featured in this newsletter, as well as every tutorial on the tutorials site. For only $199 you gain access to all Writer's Digest's writing tutorials for an entire year. That means you have access to all 211+ current tutorials and all the new tutorials created throughout the year. With the addition of at least one new tutorial every week you have access to a minimum of another 52 educational tutorials. Watch every video whenever you like, as often as you would like . . . and be the first to watch the new tutorial we post each week!
Haven't taken advantage of the wisdom bestowed through the WD tutorials yet? Why not try it out today and see all that our WD tutorials have to offer! You can try WD Tutorials for only $25/month! You will enjoy instant access to 211+ tutorials, including at least one new tutorial added weekly. Also, there are many new tutorials still in development. Feel free to preview the many tutorials immediately available to you through the WD Tutorials site.
Wishing you a happy and healthy week!
~ Sue Johnson~
P.S. If you missed the last newsletter (or two), be sure to watch these new and featured tutorials:
Phantom Scribe: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Ghostwriting
Blockbuster Fiction: Exploring Emotional High Points in Popular Films
Engaging Readers with the Five Senses
Be Your Own Editor: Tips for Self-Editing
Engaging Your Readers Through Emotion and Description
Story Trumps Structure: Context Determines Content
For quick and easy access to all WD Tutorials available to you, use this link:
View All WD Tutorials >
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Is Your Novel Readable?
Hello, everyone!
Here is an article to read from Writers Digest, my favorite writing resource. It discusses the 10 elements every novel should have. These elements give appeal and will capture interest in the story. Please click below to read the article. You will find it helpful.
Here is an article to read from Writers Digest, my favorite writing resource. It discusses the 10 elements every novel should have. These elements give appeal and will capture interest in the story. Please click below to read the article. You will find it helpful.
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Monday, March 16, 2015
How to Write Effective Dialog
Need help writing dialog? check out the email letter below.
Dialogue seems like a natural way to express the emotional core of your script, but you also must stick to the essentials. Too much dialogue can work against you. That means that every bit of dialogue you write must be meaningful, sometimes on more than one level. Author and instructor, Karl Iglesias will show you easy techniques you can use to turn your dialogue around.
In Writing Dialogue For Emotional Impact you will learn how to:
Dear Screenwriter,
Don't let amateurish dialogue drag you down any more! Join Writing Dialogue For Emotional Impact online.
Dialogue seems like a natural way to express the emotional core of your script, but you also must stick to the essentials. Too much dialogue can work against you. That means that every bit of dialogue you write must be meaningful, sometimes on more than one level. Author and instructor, Karl Iglesias will show you easy techniques you can use to turn your dialogue around.
In Writing Dialogue For Emotional Impact you will learn how to:
- More than 45 effective dialogue techniques that will help you turn your story's dialogue from boring to exciting
- The nine requirements of great dialogue
- The most common dialogue problems found in amateur scripts and how to avoid them
- 15 advanced, effective techniques to create emotionally-impactful dialogue
- 10 techniques for dialogue that individualizes your characters
- How to present information through dialogue in a way that engages the reader
- Nine effective ways to create subtle exposition in your script
- How to avoid "on-the-nose" dialogue and 12 techniques to turn "on-the-nose" dialogue into subtext
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Happy Writing!
Kristin
Friday, March 13, 2015
How to Write Your Novel-- Answers to Your Questions are Here
Dear reader,
following is a list of resources that would be helpful to your writing. I got the list from an email sent by the Guide to Literary Agents.
Evergreen Guest Content: 20 Helpful Columns for Writers
Between all the columns and guest columns and interviews and such I post each year, a lot can fall through the cracks. That said, let me point you to some helpful evergreen guest posts on the craft and business of writing that I've penned over the past year. These posts will teach you how to write a query, how to write a synopsis, how to start your novel strong, which writers' conferences to attend, and much more. Check them out:
1. Should you sign with a new literary agent?
2. Do you need multiple agents if you write in multiple genres?
3. How to start your novel.
4. Why writers must make themselves easy to contact.
5. How to write a novel synopsis.
6. Query letter questions answered.
7. 11 frequently asked questions about book royalties and money.
8. Learn why "Keep moving forward" may be the best advice of all for writers.
9. Want to adapt your novel into a screenplay? Start here.
10. How NOT to start your story. Read advice from agents.
11. What are the BEST writers conferences to attend?
12. How do you make money writing articles for magazines?
13. 11 ways to support an author's new book release.
14. What to write in the BIO section of your query letter.
15. What does a literary agent want to see when they Google you?
16. Headed to a conference? Learn how to pitch an agent.
17. What does it mean when an agent says "This isn't right for me"?
18. Agents share their query letter pet peeves.
19. How do you use social media to sell more books?
20. When can you call yourself a writer?
following is a list of resources that would be helpful to your writing. I got the list from an email sent by the Guide to Literary Agents.
Evergreen Guest Content: 20 Helpful Columns for Writers
Between all the columns and guest columns and interviews and such I post each year, a lot can fall through the cracks. That said, let me point you to some helpful evergreen guest posts on the craft and business of writing that I've penned over the past year. These posts will teach you how to write a query, how to write a synopsis, how to start your novel strong, which writers' conferences to attend, and much more. Check them out:
1. Should you sign with a new literary agent?
2. Do you need multiple agents if you write in multiple genres?
3. How to start your novel.
4. Why writers must make themselves easy to contact.
5. How to write a novel synopsis.
6. Query letter questions answered.
7. 11 frequently asked questions about book royalties and money.
8. Learn why "Keep moving forward" may be the best advice of all for writers.
9. Want to adapt your novel into a screenplay? Start here.
10. How NOT to start your story. Read advice from agents.
11. What are the BEST writers conferences to attend?
12. How do you make money writing articles for magazines?
13. 11 ways to support an author's new book release.
14. What to write in the BIO section of your query letter.
15. What does a literary agent want to see when they Google you?
16. Headed to a conference? Learn how to pitch an agent.
17. What does it mean when an agent says "This isn't right for me"?
18. Agents share their query letter pet peeves.
19. How do you use social media to sell more books?
20. When can you call yourself a writer?
$ Agent Seeking Writers 3 / 13 / 2015
Happy Friday, Blog Readers!
Here are names of two new literary agents seeking writers. They were listed in a Guide to Literary Agents email I had received last year. I found the email while cleaning out my inbox today.
2 Agents Seeking Your Query NOW
Click on any name below to see the full mini-profile on the GLA Blog (with submission instructions). Good luck querying!
1. Whitley Abell of Inklings Literary
She is seeking: Whitley is primarily interested in Young Adult, Middle Grade, and select Upmarket Women's fiction. She likes characters who are relatable yet flawed, hooks that offer new points of view and exciting adventures, vibrant settings that become active characters in their own right, and a story that sticks with the reader long after turning the last page, be it contemporary or historical, realistic or supernatural, tragic or quirky. She loves mythology and literary re-imaginings, heartbreaking contemporary novels, historical suspense, and craving cute romantic comedies for YA through adult (ex: Sophie Kinsella, Lauren Morrill, Stephanie Perkins). She is not interested in vampires, werewolves, angels, zombies, dystopian societies, steampunk, or epic fantasy. Please no paranormal / fantasy for adults.
2. Alexander Slater of Trident Media Group
He is seeking: Alexander is interested in children's, middle grade, and young adult fiction and nonfiction, from new and established authors. As he says, "I'm looking for projects that will rise above the rest...characters you'll remember well past childhood...books that translate well to film because within them contain incredible stories, not because they're the latest trend." He particularly loves authors like Frank Portman, Jim Shepard, Jenny Han, and Rainbow Rowell.
Here are names of two new literary agents seeking writers. They were listed in a Guide to Literary Agents email I had received last year. I found the email while cleaning out my inbox today.
2 Agents Seeking Your Query NOW
Click on any name below to see the full mini-profile on the GLA Blog (with submission instructions). Good luck querying!
1. Whitley Abell of Inklings Literary
She is seeking: Whitley is primarily interested in Young Adult, Middle Grade, and select Upmarket Women's fiction. She likes characters who are relatable yet flawed, hooks that offer new points of view and exciting adventures, vibrant settings that become active characters in their own right, and a story that sticks with the reader long after turning the last page, be it contemporary or historical, realistic or supernatural, tragic or quirky. She loves mythology and literary re-imaginings, heartbreaking contemporary novels, historical suspense, and craving cute romantic comedies for YA through adult (ex: Sophie Kinsella, Lauren Morrill, Stephanie Perkins). She is not interested in vampires, werewolves, angels, zombies, dystopian societies, steampunk, or epic fantasy. Please no paranormal / fantasy for adults.
2. Alexander Slater of Trident Media Group
He is seeking: Alexander is interested in children's, middle grade, and young adult fiction and nonfiction, from new and established authors. As he says, "I'm looking for projects that will rise above the rest...characters you'll remember well past childhood...books that translate well to film because within them contain incredible stories, not because they're the latest trend." He particularly loves authors like Frank Portman, Jim Shepard, Jenny Han, and Rainbow Rowell.
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