Writing Tip: Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Remain open to the possibility of changing your approach to a project.
Remain open to the possibility of changing your approach to a project.
I find writing rituals tremendously helpful—even when those rituals are also ridiculously silly.
Jasmine has a very simple writing tip: read.
Rules, rules, rules. Here’s my tip: make up your own rules, or better yet, have no rules.
I’ve taught creative writing for many years and one of my favorite writing exercises that I’ve given to both kids and adults is experimenting with another point of view.
Try this at home. It saved a couple of my books which were later successfully published from certain abandonment during the process.
Caroline shares a memorable quote from an author friend, displayed on the bulletin board above her desk.
Plot is the hardest part, and you can save yourself a lot of time and effort if you develop a dynamic premise before you start writing.
I have no doubt there are good writing teachers, and I applaud them, but I have never been able to teach it because, or so I tell myself, I’m still learning.
When a book is published one of the very last bits of writing composed is the flap copy. This may be the first reading of the book that takes place.