April 7th, 2017
Struggling With Your Plot? Here's a Fun Way to Learn Story Structure
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Craft | Janice Hardy
When I was first learning how to write a novel, I read tons of how-to books and tried every piece of writing advice I came across. Some of it helped, some of it didn't, and some of it did more harm than good.… Read the post
January 6th, 2017
How Bad Times and New Starts Affect Our Writing
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Blogging Guests | Janice Hardy | Writer's Life
Janice Hardy, @Janice_Hardy
When I sat down to write this post I intended to write about writing. It's what I love doing, and why folks tend to invite me to guest post on their blogs (which I appreciate). But this came at a time when I'm feeling reflective and optimistically hopeful about the new year after a rough 2016.… Read the post
October 28th, 2016
How Filtering the Point of View Affects Show, Don't Tell
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Craft | Janice Hardy
Janice Hardy, @Janice_Hardy
Readers experience your novel through the eyes of your narrator. Sometimes this narrative filter is invisible and readers don’t perceive any distance between them and the point-of-view character, such as with a first-person point of view. Other times the filters are obvious and readers feel the space between them and the characters, such as with an omniscient narrator.… Read the post
September 30th, 2016
5 Reasons Your Revision Isn't Working
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By Janice Hardy, @Janice_Hardy
Revisions are a part of writing, and as much as we wish they'd go smoothly, they don't always work out like we planned. Some manuscripts fight us and nothing we do makes them any better. When we run into such a troublesome beast, it helps to step back and figure out the problem before we make a mess of our stories.… Read the post
August 10th, 2016
Using Internal Conflict to Create Plot
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Craft | Janice Hardy
Janice Hardy, @Janice_Hardy
A lot of focus gets put on the core conflict of a novel--the main problem the protagonist has to solve to win. It's no wonder since that's the whole point of the book, but sometimes, when we look too hard at the external problems, we miss out on opportunities to let the internal problems muck things up.… Read the post
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