Category Archive for Craft Discussions
Outlining a Novel in Three Acts
published on February 2, 2011I outline my books. I know this about myself, and I no longer try to fight it. I have a thing for complex characters with complex relationships. Without an outline, I wouldn’t be able to sustain the tension or…
Speak It! – A Great iPhone App for Writers
published on November 30, 2010
Thanksgiving weekend I drove 6.5 long hours from San Francisco to my sister’s in Southern California. The idea was to pick up some of my belongings that I left…
Why NanoWriMo Isn’t For Me
published on November 11, 2010It’s November and word counts and madly typing writers have consumed the internet. As I watch the madness, I’ve had this feeling that I’m sitting on the sidelines. Somehow, I’m less productive, less speedy, less than the writers who…
Emotional Arc
published on September 27, 2010Whether you’re writing a literary novel or a plot-driven novel, your characters need to experience some kind of growth or change. This growth – as in real life – rarely happens all of a sudden. Try it and your…
Battle of the Betas
published on September 16, 2010
We have a new guinea pig…This week Alicia Gregoire volunteered to have eight writers beta read a single page of her urban fantasy “Phoenix Rising” so readers can…
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written by Cory Jackson
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Battle of the Betas
published on August 19, 2010
The lovely and brave Sarah Enni offered herself up as a guinea pig for a little beta experiment. Six writers will take on beta reading a single page of…
Looking Up Instead of Through
published on June 20, 2010You know I said I was taking a sabbatical, but you also know that when something is demanding to be written, there is nothing for a writer to do except sit down and write it. Bear with me because…
MFA Crash Course: Day Eight
published on June 7, 2010
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MFA Crash Course: Day Seven
published on June 1, 2010***If you are following me AND leave a comment in this thread by 5 PM PST Thursday, 6/3, you will be entered to win a $10…
MFA Crash Course: Day Six
published on May 27, 2010***If you are following me AND leave a comment in this thread by 5 PM PST Friday, 5/28, you …
