Show-don't-tell practice.
6 ways to reconnect with your work-in-progress. One of my WIPs could do with a complete change of POV (I might've mentioned that), I just haven't got the time or mood right now. End of old song.
9 tools for character development. Props - I notice that, in wuxia, the characters' weapons don't always directly reflect on ( Read more... )

4 reasons I quit writing exercises. Most of the time I want everything I write to be usable in a story and not just experimental sentences, so I understand the POV here. "Procrastination poses under many guises", indeed. On the other hand, I do need to practice my prose.

4 steps for organizing plot ideas into a novel. Will Eve be able to juggle ( Read more... )

1. Why you need to write every day.

It should come as no surprise that habits practiced once a week aren't habits at all. They're obligations. Or maybe, at best, cute little hobbies.

And let's not kid ourselves here. If you're doing something once a week, it's probably only a matter of time before you stop doing it altogether.

How to manage an ( Read more... )

NaNo-related links:
Storyfix is posting daily NaNo tips.
WriMos FTW is a blog focusing on the preparation for NaNo.
nanowrimo has a weekly plotting thread for plot, character deveopment, setting, lack of plot, and anything else.
Editing your MS in 30 days or less - for December onward, obviously.

Writing links in general:
10 types of writers block and how ( Read more... )

1. Book #29 of imaginarybeasts, Autumn, is out. Tradition, love, a mixture of both, and more - check it out. Sign-up for Book #30 is open and the theme is Science Fiction.

2. NaNoWriMo 2011

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The benefits of outlining. While I agree with the them, I might still pants my way through the next story.

How to untangle a plot. "Rapid accumulation of dead bodies" - if anything, I sometimes feel I let too many of my characters live.

7 ways in which writing with a partner can help you.

Reposting: My thread at helpsomalia is here, and the bidding closes ( Read more... )

On your writer's public persona:
Proudly wearing the author's badge.
How to get yourself out there and stay visible.
Is your authorial photograph effective?
(I stand by my word: no smiling from me)

30-day writing project meme. The account has plenty of writing and fandom memes if you're interested.

Belatedly heard about helpsomalia. The bidding closes on ( Read more... )

13 ways not to start a novel.

How superpowers may affect your characters' perspectives and worldviews. I've always wanted to write about kids with superpowers, manga-style. Alas, the desire comes with no definite plot.

What to write when the writing won't come. The most "exotic" thing to ever grace my shopping list is an air freshener.

Why ( Read more... )

The sign-up for Girl Saves Boy ficathon 2011 is open from September 1 to September 9.

smallfandombang is a 10k-word big bang for small fandoms. Sign-up starts on September 1, posting begins April 5, 2012.

bigbang_mixup is a challenge that "mixes up the order of the challenge-first, a fanmix is created. This fanmix tells the story. It will then be claimed by an author who ( Read more... )

Links:
How to write the ending of your novel. Usually I have little problem with ending the story. It's the details that I keep tweaking.
The dreaded multiple POV novel. I wrote a fanfic with multiple POVs once. Now I'm not sure if each character speaks with a distinctive voice.
Addicted to becoming a writer. This sounds like me on most days ( Read more... )