Author, Nerd, and Oxford Comma Fan
Writer in Motion is a writing project that shows how a short story progresses “from prompt to polished,” and the rule is that the first draft is posted as a first draft. No editing allowed. I struggle with sharing work …
I joined the Reedsy Live “Crafting a Novel Opening” workshop—and took terrible notes because it was such an engaging workshop! Check out the replay, then read my opening lines and first paragraph first draft below: First Lines Brainstorm: Rescuing maidens …
Reedsy has some fab live video workshops. I recently attended the “Writing Strong Descriptions” workshop (view the replay). Some of my big takeaways include: Power is in the word choice. Especially in the nouns and verbs. Be minimal with modifiers. …
I did a thing! I entered a short story contest. Woohoo, go me! I’m not a short story writer (I’m way too wordy, have you noticed?) But after chilling with the Writer in Motion crew, I picked up a few …
I pitched/wrote/polished/published a guest blog post on the Scribbler Blog all about SEO for indie or self-published authors. Give it a peek to get tips on how to implement an SEO strategy for your author website or blog, how to …
I’m a writer, not a sharer. I scribble down my ideas, then tuck them away in a file, drawer, notebook, folder somewhere. Never to be seen by anyone but me. Especially not a first draft. If I know something will …
I’m thrilled with the help my assigned editor, Tyler, provided to clean up my story. I had loose ends and wayward sentences galore, but they were able to point me in exactly the right direction to clear things up. Adding …
The CPs have spoken! With their input, I shuffled around some of the bits that were dragging down the pace, cut a couple of pieces that just didn’t belong, and streamlined the piece a bit more. Want to see what …
Self-edits. Oof. I started over my 1,000-word count limit, so my first sweep through my Writer in Motion Unedited First Draft was checking for repetition, removing anything that was filler, and striking the random side quests I always tend to …
And here we are, with an unedited first draft. I let the prompt image hang out in my head overnight, struggling to figure out an angle. My husband told me to stop worrying because I’d come up with something. I …