I’m finished. I have just successfully completed my first ever second draft/full rewrite of a novel. The total count comes in at 91,322 words, which is almost a 40,000 word improvement on the fi… more →
J. C. Hartellewiegert wrote 3 days ago: My momentary lapse in sanity left me wide awake several nights in a row contemplating turning 79,000 … more →
CathrynG wrote 1 week ago: I wasted a good six months trying to figure out the perfect way to rewrite my psychological suspense … more →
sandycarl wrote 1 week ago: With the Summer Solstice, comes change. My change: burning the past and moving on with the present i … more →
sandycarl wrote 2 weeks ago: Blog #2: I realized that I set up my blog account on Flag Day. Very cool for symbolic me. This week … more →
epbush wrote 2 weeks ago: I got my knickers in a wad to send more queries today. I rewrote the first chapter and proofed the s … more →
Scherazade wrote 2 weeks ago: There has been some silence echoing here, and for an odd reason. I’ve been writing fiction. … more →
epbush wrote 2 weeks ago: So – here’s my thinking. If my feedback is saying “TOO MUCH BACK STORY” in … more →
joannehuspek wrote 2 weeks ago: I have to admit this last month has been terribly unproductive. What with one kid graduating from co … more →
uncabaret wrote 1 month ago: Can you see the forest for the words? Writing, of course, isn’t just one thing. (What is these … more →
adamtree wrote 1 month ago: Bookish social networking site Goodreads asks 10 questions of distinguished novelist Elmore Leonard. … more →
revolutionlullabye wrote 1 month ago: McClure, Randall and Lisa Baures. “Looking In by Looking Out.” Computers and Compositon. … more →
joannehuspek wrote 1 month ago: This month’s been busy, unfortunately not in the world of crafting words. That’s because … more →
incwriters wrote 1 month ago: 20/06/2009 ANDREW OLDHAM: Re-writing FINAL BOOKINGS BY 06/06/2009 Anyone can write but only writers … more →
James D Hartland wrote 1 month ago: If I may use a sporting analogy to describe something in Screenwriting… I’m not the worl … more →
cmcraig wrote 1 month ago: I’m not sure exactly where the line falls between revisions and rewrites. For me I guess, it … more →
Deborah Barlow wrote 1 month ago: Gustave Flaubert Thanks to top notch blogger Judith H. Dobrzynski (Real Clear Arts) for finding a f … more →
ideagirlconsulting wrote 1 month ago: It’s easy once you get started. Try to pick a few hours a day when all is quiet around you. … more →
catherine wrote 1 month ago: It’s really common in website redesign projects to leave the content to the last minute, then … more →
onegirlriot wrote 1 month ago: I forgot to mention that I’ve been working on the same pages for several months. Not every day … more →