Top 10 Rules About the CIA Every Spy Novel Writer Must Know Stories of men and women operating in the shadows from each corner of the world, while the rest of us mere mortals go on about our lives, have captured our imagination and helped build a multi-billion book and movie industry. Year after year, […]
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5 Things to Know About Writing as a Business
5 Things to Know About Writing as a Business Commercial publishing is a business. You can be a wonderful person who is kind to animals and always pays your bills on time, and still not get any traction. Don’t take it personally. Persevere. There are writers who have great success by following exactly none […]
The Art of Collaboration
The Art of Collaboration Let’s start with a couple of definitions. Plotter: A writer who carefully plans the story they’re going to write, laying out a logical plot chapter by chapter and actually sticking with the plan. Pantster: A seat-of-the-pants writer who doesn’t know on page five what’s going to happen on page […]