Links of Interest to Writers

Writing advice to get you motivated!

• Babbles from Scott Eagan:  Adding Depth to Your Stories @greyhausagency
• Great advice on how to add depth by getting into your character's head.

• Julie Musil:  What To Do Before You're Published by C. Lee McKenzie @cleemckenzie
• Steps you can talk to become known before your first book comes out.

• Michelle4Laughs:  Query Questions with Jessica Watterson  @JessWatterson @Michelle4Laughs (Michelle Hauck)
• In the process of writing your query? Jessica Watterson offers advice on what to include and what to leave out!

• Write Into Print:  Self Editing 4 Fiction #7 Interior Monologue posted by Stef Mcdaid @WriteIntoPrint 
• What is your character thinking? We really want to know!

• Janice Hardy's Fiction University:  Sharing the Spotlight:  How Much Page Time Do Your Supporting Characters Need by Janice Hardy @Janice_Hardy
• How much is too much when writing your supporting characters? Do they take over the story or are they barely there?

Links of Interest to Writers

I always take time to read a little something about writing before doing the actual writing to get the brain cells activated.

• Live Write Thrive:  5 Writer Goals to Help You Avoid Overwhelm by C. S. Lakin @LiveWriteThrive
• It's so easy to become overwhelmed when trying to do everything that is required to become an author. Perhaps it's more important to discover what you need to do rather than try to do it all. 

• BookLife:  Everyone Needs an Editor by Allison Schiff @booklife
• I've read so many books recently that could have benefited from the assistance of a good editor. Don't think you need one? That's why you need to read this article!

• The Review Review:  How to Make the First Cut in a Writing Contest by Sara Backer 
• I've judged a few writing contests. The advice in this article is sound. The contests I judged waited until the contest was closed before distributing the submissions, so suggestion number one didn't apply, but I would always assume the opposite when submitting to be safe.

• Write to Done:  Lost Your Motivation to Write? The One Thing that Helps by Len Markidan @LenMarkidan @WritetoDone 
• Wonderful suggestion about breaking your to do list into hard and easy tasks and checking your motivation peaks and valleys to decide which task to do. Going to try this!

• Writers Helping Writers:  Pulse on Pacing:  How Smooth Transitions Keep Your Story Moving by Angela Ackerman @AngelaAckerman 
• Pacing is so important for readers. You can have great characters, an interesting plot, and an exotic setting, but if the pacing is slow or choppy, you can lose your reader.