Archive for the 'Writing:' Category
Macmillan New Writing
Macmillan New Writing is a part of Pan Macmillan Publishers, a mainstream publisher. If you read the page I’ve linked to, you’ll discover that they now accept unsolicitored manuscripts. The contract will be different to what an agent would be able to negotiate for you, but I feel this is a way for […]
Posted by: Scribe on Monday, 23 Jun 2008
Designing A Cover For Your Book- A guide for self publishers
by Anthony P. Palmieri
In these days of computers, the internet, digital cameras, and on-line publishing companies, individuals can more easily express their creativity through writing and publishing their own written works. Whether it is a novel, a short story, or a how to guide, having a creative cover is important to help capture the attention […]
Posted by: Scribe on Friday, 20 Jun 2008
Three Easy Ways to Motivate Yourself to Write
by Will Kalif
Writing is a wonderful, yet sometimes, very hard thing to do. Often it is very easy to not “make the time” to write and nobody is going to motivate you. You have to motivate yourself. Here are three techniques that will get you writing.
Technique 1: Modify Your Internal Dialogue
The biggest reason why a […]
Posted by: Scribe on Wednesday, 17 Oct 2007
The Lure of a New Project
If you visit a lot of writers’ websites, you’ll soon find a large majority of them openly admit to starting more stories than they finish. There are several reasons for this, but I’m going to talk about only one of those reasons today - the lure of a new project.
Yesterday, after a strong fight […]
Posted by: Scribe on Wednesday, 10 Oct 2007
The “RL Technique” J.K. Rowling Uses To Hook Her Readers
by Jared Myers
The “RL Technique” J K Rowling uses to grab readers by the eyeballs and forces them to re-read her books again and again.
I’ll show you how it practically gives away all her best kept secrets and how you can use it to keep your own readers hanging on your every word.
You’ve probably heard […]
Posted by: Scribe on Tuesday, 18 Sep 2007
Write Nonfiction With Passion: Four Steps To Emotionally Charge Your Article
by Catherine Franz
You have completed the draft of an article, but it seems flat and lifeless, even to you. It needs to have the spark that ignites that all important emotional connection to your readers but you are at a loss as to how to spruce it up.
Breathing life into a nonfiction article is […]
Posted by: Scribe on Thursday, 13 Sep 2007
Using Index Cards
Last night, I finished reading No Plot? No Problem!: A Low-Stress, High-Velocity Guide to Writing a Novel in 30 Days by Chris Baty. (I admit there was a long break between starting the book and finishing it, because I was extremely busy.)
There’s a section at the end of the book that gives tips on […]
Posted by: Scribe on Saturday, 8 Sep 2007
Making Magic Real in your Fantasy Writing
By Will Kalif
Magic is a wonderful aspect of Fantasy. It can add whole new dimensions to the world you are creating by bringing new dilemmas and new problems and challenges. It can also bring a fair amount of spicy and interesting conflicts. But magic is not a panacea. It should not be used to easily […]
Posted by: Scribe on Friday, 7 Sep 2007
Finding the REAL Problem
Last week I wrote about My Writing Future and a few days later I gave a Dilemma Update, and now I’m going to write about finding out what the real problem was.
For as long as I can remember I have always NOT enjoyed writing conflict/battle scenes. I tend to skip over the top of […]
Posted by: Scribe on Thursday, 6 Sep 2007
How to Murder Your Muse
A muse is similar to a witch’s familiar, which is usually associated with a black cat. The cat is a companion to the witch, but it doesn’t do the work of the old hag (although it can be a pair of extra eyes, which I suppose she could find helpful). A muse on […]
Posted by: Scribe on Friday, 24 Aug 2007