Sandra Brown’s Ten Rules of Writing 1. Rewrite the first sentence of your book a thousand times if that’s what it takes to make it perfect. 2. Stop writing before the end of the scene; then you always have a place to start the next day. 3. If your characters need to move through time […]
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Fourteen Writing Tips
Fourteen Writing Tips 1. Strengthen your writing muscles by writing for an hour every day, without distractions and without stopping. Then, if your other work schedule permits, go to two hours, then three. If you have trouble sitting still that long, write for twenty minutes, get up and stretch/exercise/have a cup of coffee for five […]
Like Mother, Like Son: The Charles Todd team on writing bestselling novels
Like Mother, Like Son: The Charles Todd team on writing bestselling novels You just never know what to expect when you go into business with a relative. There are horror tales about the plumber, the lawyer, the ironmonger, where plain Jones has become Jones and Son, or even in some cases, Jones and Daughter. It […]