I made this post originally for loverstar  but I thought maybe others would find it helpful. It's sex writing tips from Elizabeth Benedict's book "The Joy of Writing Sex".

What's your favorite way to find supernatural creatures for your stories ( Read more... )

a few days ago, i polled my super-awesome flist with the following question:

if you had one tip that you could give any writer, new or old, spn fandom or not, what would it be?and what snowballed out of this was a great post full of meaty threads about writing practice, inspiration, outside resources, editing/beta work, and a fun sidebar about ( Read more... )

Just a quick note in case anyone missed it: wendy has posted instructions for draft submittals over at the main comm.

Full info here. Good luck!

Hey everyone! In case you missed it, wendy has a poll and a request up over at the main spn_j2_bigbang comm. I think we'll take that as this week's status check, unless there's something special or particular you were saving to post here -- in which case, lay it on us!

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Hello!

I recently rediscovered some how-to guides about writing and thought I would post them here just in case anyone could use them.

Holy Mother Grammatica's Guide To Good Writing This is just what it sounds like, and covers everything about writing a good fan fiction story. (Although most of the advice here could apply to fiction in general ( Read more... )

Just a quick check-in this week -- is everyone still alive and still writing? (Except for you lucky sods who've already got a draft, that is.)

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Three comms you might be interested in, as I've seen the posts asking for betas. Feel free to keep asking around here, but remember that lots of people around these parts are also writers. *Hugs*

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spn_betas

find_me_a_beta ( Read more... )

Hey bigbangers! Checking in to see how everyone's doing -- post with an update / current status if you'd like! (Mine would have to be 'OMG SO FRUSTRATED' but I'd love to hear good news! Let me live vicariously through you, all right, please?)

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Also, two quick links over to the wonderful spnroundtable comm you might consider checking out:

The amazing big_pink ( Read more... )