May 25th, 2020
The Pros and Cons of Writing a Series (plus a Giveaway)
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by Laurie Schnebly Campbell
If you're committed to writing a series, congratulations. If you're committed to writing stand-alones, good for you. If you could see yourself doing either a series or a stand-alone, welcome to the club! There are so many advantages, and so many disadvantages, to writing a series that it can be hard to decide how you'd rather tell your stories.… Read the post
August 2nd, 2019
Where, When, Why
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“You’re building a WHAT?”
“A world.”
“The whole THING?”
That’s where the next response will be different for each writer. Yes, some of us do build an entire world for our stories. No, some of us don’t.… Read the post
May 31st, 2019
Grab 'Em, Keep 'em, Bring 'Em Back
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Craft
Why do the first 10% and the last 10% of your book deserve far more than attention than what you give the remaining 80% of the story? That doesn’t seem fair.
Especially when we look at those lucky writers who are continuing various series which already have millions of fans.… Read the post
February 4th, 2019
SOS: POV, ASAP!
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Craft
I’m tempted to do this entire blog in initials, but suspect that’d get old pretty fast. Just like discussions of viewpoint can, when writers debate (endlessly) the pros & cons of whose point of view is best for a scene.… Read the post
August 31st, 2018
Plot, Character and…WHAT?
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A quick note from your WITS blog mistress: I'm sorry for so many comments not getting posted as soon as we'd like. All four of us were out of town, and no one had internet access. (Two of us thought we would be able to approve comments, but we were wrong.)… Read the post
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