Barbara Probst | Writers In The Storm https://writersinthestormblog.com A Blog On Writing Sun, 12 Jan 2025 06:40:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://writersinthestormblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/WITS-Logo-150x150.jpg Barbara Probst | Writers In The Storm https://writersinthestormblog.com 32 32 Tips for Working With a Social Media Assistant https://writersinthestormblog.com/2021/03/working-with-a-social-media-assistant/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2021/03/working-with-a-social-media-assistant/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2021 07:10:00 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=42065 Do you need a social media assistant? What do they do? How do you find them? And what questions should you ask to connect with the best one for you?

The post Tips for Working With a Social Media Assistant first appeared on Writers In The Storm.]]> https://writersinthestormblog.com/2021/03/working-with-a-social-media-assistant/feed/ 9 Scene Coherence … from the Reader’s Perspective https://writersinthestormblog.com/2020/12/scene-coherence-from-the-readers-perspective/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2020/12/scene-coherence-from-the-readers-perspective/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2020 10:00:00 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=41519 Barbara Linn Probst examines the importance of thinking like a reader and offers tips and perspectives for improving the readers' experience.

The post Scene Coherence … from the Reader’s Perspective first appeared on Writers In The Storm.]]> https://writersinthestormblog.com/2020/12/scene-coherence-from-the-readers-perspective/feed/ 15 Dead and Un-dead Darlings https://writersinthestormblog.com/2020/10/dead-and-un-dead-darlings/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2020/10/dead-and-un-dead-darlings/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2020 07:03:00 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=41189 Barbara Linn Probst offers tricks for "killing your darlings" in fiction, and for giving those dead darlings new life.

The post Dead and Un-dead Darlings first appeared on Writers In The Storm.]]> https://writersinthestormblog.com/2020/10/dead-and-un-dead-darlings/feed/ 15 Read Like A Writer, Write Like A Reader https://writersinthestormblog.com/2020/08/read-like-a-writer-write-like-a-reader/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2020/08/read-like-a-writer-write-like-a-reader/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2020 07:10:00 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=40719 Barbara Linn Probst asked more than fifty writers: “How do you read? Do you lose yourself in the story (as a reader might) or read to study how the author did it (as a writer might)?” Here's are their answers.

The post Read Like A Writer, Write Like A Reader first appeared on Writers In The Storm.]]> https://writersinthestormblog.com/2020/08/read-like-a-writer-write-like-a-reader/feed/ 22 Editing For Theme: Search-and-Employ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2020/07/editing-for-theme-search-and-employ/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2020/07/editing-for-theme-search-and-employ/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2020 11:01:00 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=40510 Barbara Linn Probst shows how editing your work for theme can strengthen your book. In summary, "Search and Destroy" can be swapped for "Search and Employ."

The post Editing For Theme: Search-and-Employ first appeared on Writers In The Storm.]]> https://writersinthestormblog.com/2020/07/editing-for-theme-search-and-employ/feed/ 20 What to Do While You Wait: Working with Your Book, Instead of On It https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/01/working-with-your-book/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/01/working-with-your-book/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2019 12:02:27 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=35230 Barbara Probst shows how to creatively prepare for revisions while taking a break from your manuscript or waiting for feedback.

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