#writetip — Public Fediverse posts
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Walking and Dictating: A New Strategy to Mix Up Your Writing Routine
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Walking and Dictating: A New Strategy to Mix Up Your Writing Routine
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Walking and Dictating: A New Strategy to Mix Up Your Writing Routine
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Time Anxiety and the Writer’s Clock: Making Peace With Your Pace
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Time Anxiety and the Writer’s Clock: Making Peace With Your Pace
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Time Anxiety and the Writer’s Clock: Making Peace With Your Pace
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Hey, y'all! I'll be joining SM Hillman tonight on the GoIndieNow Network for Zero Exposition! Come join us :D https://zurl.co/fNQmq
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Hey, y'all! I'll be joining SM Hillman tonight on the GoIndieNow Network for Zero Exposition! Come join us :D https://zurl.co/fNQmq
#amwriting #amediting #writetip #writetips
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Hey, y'all! I'll be joining SM Hillman tonight on the GoIndieNow Network for Zero Exposition! Come join us :D https://zurl.co/fNQmq
#amwriting #amediting #writetip #writetips
#authorsofig #authorslife #authorlife #authorsofig #authorsofinstagram #authors #authorpreneur #authorslife #author -
Looking for your Writers' Troupe? Come check out ours! We're a small group, cheering each other on with our writing! :) #amwriting #writers #authors #amediting #nanowrimo #writetip https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheWritersTroupe
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1,000 Years of Medieval European History in 20 Minutes
https://zurl.co/UCjax#amwriting #amediting #writetip #writetips #writinginspiration
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Looking for your Writers' Troupe? Come check out ours! We're a small group, cheering each other on with our writing! :) #amwriting #writers #authors #amediting #nanowrimo #writetip https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheWritersTroupe
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The best SFF does not arrive at conclusions.
It builds the equipment for thinking about things that do not have conclusions yet.
What is your book giving readers to think with?
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Brooksie Elk is writing a novel about a deer whose name is stolen by a famous singer. She's found a book that can help her. Chapter 10, which covers libel, is especially helpful. #ghostwriting #WriteTip #libel
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Brooksie Elk is writing a novel about a deer whose name is stolen by a famous singer. She's found a book that can help her. Chapter 10, which covers libel, is especially helpful. #ghostwriting #WriteTip #libel
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Brooksie Elk is writing a novel about a deer whose name is stolen by a famous singer. She's found a book that can help her. Chapter 10, which covers libel, is especially helpful. #ghostwriting #WriteTip #libel
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Looking for your Writers' Troupe? Come check out ours! We're a small group, cheering each other on with our writing! :) #amwriting #writers #authors #amediting #nanowrimo #writetip https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheWritersTroupe
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Why ADHD Writers’ Brains Are Like Lions (and How to Harness Their Power)
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Why ADHD Writers’ Brains Are Like Lions (and How to Harness Their Power)
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Why ADHD Writers’ Brains Are Like Lions (and How to Harness Their Power)
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What Your Story Problems Reveal About Your Writing Brain
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What Your Story Problems Reveal About Your Writing Brain
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What Your Story Problems Reveal About Your Writing Brain
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Have a new blog or thinking about starting one? Read this first!
"Striking the right tone is an essential part of marketing. It can be the difference between reaching your target audience with your blog and reaching no one at all."
https://popediting.wordpress.com/2020/02/24/your-writing-tone-articles-vs-blog-posts/
#Writers #blog #AmWriting #WriteTip #editors #WritingCommunity
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How Everything in a Medieval Castle Worked, from Its Moats to Its Dungeons
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Kris Bock on avoiding or overcoming burnout and the qualities that are most important to develop as a writer: "Try to avoid comparing yourself to others, especially based on what you see on social media."" https://lttr.ai/Apydt
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Looking for your Writers' Troupe? Come check out ours! We're a small group, cheering each other on with our writing! :) #amwriting #writers #authors #amediting #nanowrimo #writetip https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheWritersTroupe
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I'll present a workshop on "Dazzling Description: How to Show-Not-Tell" for the South Carolina Writers Association on 3/19 7-8 PM (EDT) via Zoom!
Make your settings sparkle, your characters come alive, your emotions explode on the page. We’ll discuss sense data, body language, and how to write in deep point of view.
Nonmember – $25.00
https://myscwa.org/event-6505396
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Looking for your Writers' Troupe? Come check out ours! We're a small group, cheering each other on with our writing! :) #amwriting #writers #authors #amediting #nanowrimo #writetip https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheWritersTroupe
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How to get a good critique part 2: Get #Writing Feedback by Taking Classes: "Do you want to learn the business side of publishing or focus on craft techniques? Do a little searching, and you’ll find writing classes to suit every need."
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How to get a good critique part 2: Get #Writing Feedback by Taking Classes: "One bonus to taking a class or attending a retreat is that you may meet other writers, who could become your critique partners after the class ends." https://lttr.ai/ApONV
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How to get a good critique part 2: Get #Writing Feedback by Taking Classes: "What works well for you – a live class, online tutorial, etc.? Do a little searching, and chances are you’ll find many options for writing classes to suit every need. " https://lttr.ai/ApOBz
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How to get a good critique part 2: Get #Writing Feedback by Taking Classes: "One bonus to taking a class or attending a retreat is that you may meet other writers, who could become your critique partners after the class ends."
https://lttr.ai/ApIsl
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How to get a good critique: #Writing Feedback from Classes: You might find paid classes, free meetings, or social events through local groups, such as Sisters in Crime, Romance Writers of America, or Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America.
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I'll be presenting a workshop on "Dazzling Description: How to Show-Not-Tell" for the South Carolina Writers Association on 19 Mar 2026, 7-8 PM (EDT) via Zoom!
Nonmember – $25.00Make your settings sparkle, your characters come alive, your emotions explode on the page. We’ll discuss sense data, body language, and how to write in deep point of view.
https://myscwa.org/event-6505396
#writing #books #AmWriting #WriteTip #WritersLife #WritingCommunity
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What is a critique and how do you get a "good" one? Part 1: feedback from family or friends. Feedback from friends and family can vary greatly in its helpfulness and hurtfulness. Many professionals warn against taking feedback from non-writers too seriously.
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Looking for your Writers' Troupe? Come check out ours! We're a small group, cheering each other on with our writing! :) #amwriting #writers #authors #amediting #nanowrimo #writetip https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheWritersTroupe
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CW: Last Doctor Sleep quibble, minor spoiler
One last quibble with the movie...
They seriously couldn't find a better Jack Nicholson impersonator??? Fer real? He was awful. Didn't sound like him at all and barely looked like him.
That scene started to feel magical to me and then he opened his mouth and it ruined everything.
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Anyway!! I have done these things professionally while editing manuscripts for people! I also do developmental editing, which is basically the same thing but *before* the story is released into the world. And I'm available for work! Book coaching and ghostwriting, too! lol
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McKee's book (Story) uses parts of famous movies to demonstrate the ideas he's expressing. Here's how The Godfather created a values shift in the horse head scene, here's how The Big Lebowski is an example of an antiplot, etc.
I would break down an entire movie. Here's the inciting incident and why its timing good, here's establishing a character arc, this is where the theme is being reinforced.
A holistic look.
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I really love to analyze movies and shows, at many levels of the craft: plot, theme, character development. Being sick so long, it's one of the few brainy activities I could do passively, and a way to practice my writing skills without being able to write.
I could see myself building a niche using film analysis as a vector for teaching narrative skills, along the vein of and in the school of Robert McKee.
People could watch the movie, then read the analysis written or videoed with an eye toward developing skills. Here is what they did right and why, this is how they could have done better.
Alas, I've already got my niches. And while my health has improved, I'm not exactly well yet. If ever.
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CW: Editing advice, details about the opening 15 minutes of Doctor Sleep
In case anyone is wondering.
I would have kept the prologue with the little girl. Then start the present day story arc with Danny waking up to the montage of flashbacks between the bar the night before, and morning as he's putting the pieces together about the fight, the binge, the sex, just like the scene is now. But then BAM before he's done with figuring it out, we insert Danny's childhood "prologue" (what comes first in the real edit) as a flashback amid the others.
It's a much longer scene than the other flashbacks. That's fine. Let it play out, as if we've moved on without finishing the thought.
Then boom, we're back to the bar, the drugs, the discoveries in his apartment.
This not only fixes the terrible pacing of feeling like I just saw the same scene twice (little girl haunted, little boy haunted), but it gives me the emotional payoff of realizing 1. This is Danny from The Shining, 2. He's coping through binging, sex, and fighting, 3. He's coping poorly.
It's a more immersive way to show those emotions. (That's what a flashback during a bender or similar copes is actually like.)
Moreover, since typical flashback montages never have that kind of pacing (a long flashback further back in time), it'll be unexpected and feel uncomfortable to the viewer, but in a good way that will set the tone for the rest of the film. Anyone who loves Kubrick will feel like these filmmakers are at least competent and may have some tricks up their sleeves, too. First impressions in a story are (almost) everything!
When I'm developmentally editing a narrative, it's really satisfying to find a single change like this that fixes so many problems at once.
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Looking for your Writers' Troupe? Come check out ours! We're a small group, cheering each other on with our writing! :) #amwriting #writers #authors #amediting #nanowrimo #writetip https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheWritersTroupe
