Here are some recent great articles on writing you won’t want to miss, whether you’re participating in NaNoWriMo or not.
Enjoy your weekend!
Writing How-To Articles
- 12 Characteristics of Great Dialogue, Laura Cross for About A Screenplay
- 12 Things That Can Hurt Your Dialogue, Laura Cross for About A Screenplay
- Themes Schmemes, Nathan Bransford for Nathan Bransford Literary Agent
- Creating a Character, Creating a Setting, and Creating a Plot, James Chartrand et al., for Men with Pens
- About NaNoWriMo – Three Ways to Thrive, One Sure Way to Suck, Larry Brooks for Storyfix
- Nanowrimo Day 1–Your First Draft is Always Going to Suck, Alexandra Sokoloff for Alexandra Sokoloff
Creativity & Inspiration
- The Breath of God Inspiration Method, Leo Babauta for Zen Habits
- Watch and Learn: 10 Television Shows for Writers, Larry Brooks for Storyfix
- The Irresistible Novel, Donald Maass for Writer Unboxed
Author Interviews & Experiences
- Author Interview: Therese Walsh, The Last Will of Moira Leahy, Part 2, Kathleen Bolton for Writer Unboxed
- A Revision Gallery, Kate Messner for Kate’s Book Blog
- Podcast: Mur Lafferty on Writing Novels and Top Tips for NaNoWriMo, Joanna Penn for The Creative Penn
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Also, the Wall Street Journal, in their Friday November 6 issue, runs an interview with 11 successful novelists, sharing their "how to write a novel" wisdom (It's available online, at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703... Frankly (and I'm a published pro in this field) I've only ever heard of two of them (Anne Rice and Laura Lippman), but if your tastes lean toward the literary versus the commercial realm, maybe you'll know these names. Interesting stuff, if nothing else than to understand that successful does not beget a lot of communicable wisdom; to wit, one guy says he dressed up like this characters when he writes a scene with them involved.
I'm not going there, but hey, whatever floats your boat. Enjoy. And thanks for the reference to my piece here, too.
Larry,
Thanks for this resource. I look forward to checking it out, although I doubt I'll be "dressing up like my characters." Sounds a bit … interesting
Ha ha. Thank you!
For anyone wanting to check out the website referred to by Larry Brooks in his comment above, the link is broken. Here's one that works:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703...