I’m working on rewrites of The Kickline this November. It’s going better than expected. And I am already getting excited about round four. In this draft, I am focused on cutting out unnecessary scenes and characters. This story has a big cast, so if you aren’t crucial to the plot you must go. I’m finding…
One of the most common complaints I hear from writers is, “I don’t know how to keep my writing organized. I have all these great ideas, usually at the most inopportune times, and I don’t know how to keep track of them.” Or, “I have a zillion ideas bouncing through my brain until I sit…
4 Tips to Overcome this Imaginary Ailment I’m sorry. But it’s true. Writer’s block isn’t real. It’s all in your head. I know, I know . . . you’ve heard all your favorite authors complain about writer’s block. That feeling that they just don’t know what to write. They “literally” can’t write a word. (Is…
Happy November 1st! Or, as we writers like to call it, NaNoWriMo! If you’re not familiar with the term November is National Novel Writing Month or NaNoWriMo for short. The idea is to write an entire 50,000-word novel during the month of October. This works out to about 1,666 words a day. Read the NaNoWriMo…
