January 6th, 2017
How Bad Times and New Starts Affect Our Writing
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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
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
June 19th, 2015
How Judgmental Are Your Characters?
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Janice Hardy, @Janice_Hardy
In real life, being judgmental might cause a few problems, but in fiction, it's something every character should aspire to. How characters--especially the point of view characters--judge the world around them shows readers what that world is like and how it works (and even non-genre writers need to world build, it's just a little different in the details).… Read the post
September 19th, 2014
The Benefits of Doing an Editorial Map
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Janice Hardy
There’s something satisfying about finishing a first draft. The novel that’s been poking you in the brain for months is finally done and you can stand back and marvel at it like a new parent. And like a new baby, there’s an awful lot of mess to go with all that joy.… Read the post
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