First Draft Myths
Over the holidays, I finished up the first draft of my newest story, and realized when I was done that people tend to have misconceptions about those preliminary versions. There’s a lot of expectations and assumptions that readers and authors can sometimes feel as they read a work in progress. I thought it might be […]
Trick Or Treat?
Writing is a scary business. If you’re not terrified of the idea of writing a story, having others read it and then trying to get it published, you must be a zombie. When you really think about it, the act of writing is like year-round Halloween. It’s also like the Olympics, but that’s another post […]
5 Myths About Best Sellers
There seems to be some confusion about what makes a best seller. A few myths are floating around and make people believe there’s a foolproof formula to writing a book. I even wrote a slightly cheeky post about this very subject. It seems to me that most writers look at the best seller list as […]
Myths of the Writing Process
Here’s a list of some myths about the writing process I pulled together to help people distinguish fact from fiction: Myth: My First Draft Will Be My Final Draft Fact: You will likely end up writing several iterations of one draft and then it will transform into something new along the way. The more you […]
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