Writing Roundup, June 11
A Rant about Goals
We all hear a lot of rules about goals: they need to be SMART, they should only apply to things within your control. Author Courtney Milan argues for shooting for the moon when you make your goals. You may end up disappointed, but you may just achieve your goals.
Writer and Writing Coach Tiffany Colter, Part 1
The first in a three-part interview series with Writing Career Coach Tiffany Colter. She provides her path to a writing career. How can you follow in her footsteps while ensuring that the process takes the best advantage of your strengths?
50 Simple Rules for Making It as a Writer
We all know it isn’t really simple–otherwise we’d all be wildly successful already. But these tips from Harvey Rachlin provide good advice for all of us to follow.
Fresh Hell
This piece from the New Yorker looks at why young readers are drawn to dystopian novels. Use the methods to decide how to reach your own readers.
Organizing Your Agent Hunt
A nice process to help you through the process of researching and querying agents.
Be Extraordinary
Tips to take your writing from great to amazing.
Where Did the Day, Week, and Month Go?
Practical ideas to help you fit writing in to your uber-busy life.
Introducing Schott’s Daily Lexeme
This is a very cool tool! You’ll kick butt at Balderdash after reading all of these unfamiliar words.
Creative Ways to Add Dialogue to One-Person Scenes
Dialogue is a great tool to help you show rather than tell. But, how can you effectively use it in scenes with only one character? He can’t talk to himself all the time, can he?
Shoring Up the Sagging Middle
I know I struggle with the middle–I always have. In fact, the bad grades I got on high school fiction because of the sagging middles turned me off writing fiction for years. I’m going to put these tips into play immediately.
5 Easy Steps to a Winning Social Media Plan
Use these tips to ensure that you are using the right tools and targeting the right people.
6 Reasons to Blog Your Book: Edwin Crozier
Some interesting arguments for providing your book on your blog at no charge. Be careful with this and make sure it is the right choice for you and your book.
Why You Shouldn’t Blog
Is a blog the right choice for you and your brand? Not if you can’t keep it up. Read this article, then decide whether you should spend your platform-building time on blogging.
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