5 Steps to Capture and Keep the Editor’s Interest
I’m blogging over at the Palmetto Christian Writers Network today. Come join me for 5 Steps to Capture and Keep the Editor’s Interest.
Writing Tips
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What do football and fiction have in common?
The first thing we as writers must accomplish with our story is to hook our reader. But if we merely hook them, the reader can get away. So we must also then compel them to read on to the middle and then right through to the end of our story. We spur our reader to the…
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6 Tasks to Accomplish with Act 1 of Your Novel – Part 4
You want to write a best seller. What writer doesn’t? First you’ve got to come up with a good story idea. Then you’ve got to get that idea from Point A to Point Z and figure out everything in between. (That’s my hardest struggle — plotting.) You’ve got to hook your reader — and keep…
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Where in the world is your story?
Have you ever started reading a book thinking it was contemporary fiction and then 2 … or 3 … or 4 chapters later realized it was historical? Or maybe you’ve spent the first several pages trying to figure out where the story takes place — big or small city, where you live or in a…
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6 Tasks to Accomplish with Act 1 of Your Novel – Part 1
As writers we know we have to hook our reader at the onset — no matter what it is we’re writing. But as novelists, the opening act of our story needs to accomplish six tasks to keep our readers interested and wanting to know what’s just around the bend. For the next several Tuesday Writing…
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The Dreaded Rejection Letter & Why Editors Write Them
Rejection letters. Most writers dislike them. At least most of my writer friends do. Rejection letters are discouraging and leave a nasty feeling in the pit of your stomach. As the editorial director for CrossRiver Media, I can tell you I don’t like writing rejection letters anymore than I, as a writer, like getting them….
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How to Write Back Cover Copy that Sells
Last week I had to complete the back cover copy for my upcoming book, Carried by Grace. The very next day I had two friends ask me about back cover copy. So I thought I would address that topic today.
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5 Benefits to Taking a Break from Writing
We all know it’s important to take a break now and then no matter what line of work we do. But it’s even more important to refresh and re-energize ourselves when we’ve completed a big project. I recently completed the final draft of a manuscript and sent it off to writers and readers for feedback….