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When The Big Project is a learning experience (and not much else)

Every writer has heard the phrase “having a book inside you.” It definitely sounds like The Big Project I talked about in my last post,...

You’ve probably had at least one in your writing life. Maybe it’s the thing that made you want to start writing in the first place. It’s...

Last month I went over the first two parts of my process for getting the best feedback I can for my work: what I do beforehand and what I...

If you’ve gotten far enough along in the writing process that you’ve completed a draft of anything, chances are you’ve sought feedback:...

If you read my last blog post, you may recall my tips for getting in on the fun—and stress!—of NaNoWriMo if you’re working on revision...

I’m not doing NaNoWriMo this year. I’ve tried it before and found that a thirty-day month in which I write 50,000 words is doable, but...

Welcome back! As you’ve probably noticed (either from this blog or from social media), I’ve decided to scale back my posts to once a...

In revision, sometimes you’ll find you need to substitute one thing for another. This is a little different from moving, which I...

Adding to and removing from your WIP are both pretty straightforward (and if not, you can always go back to the last couple posts on this...

Last week, we talked about the importance of adding to our WIPs while we revise. Now we’re going to go over the opposite: removing. This...