What Are These Terrifying Beasts Called Pass Proofs?
carriejonesbooks So, when you publish traditionally you get this thing called First Pass Proofs. What are these diabolical little things? Well, to understand that we have to take a tiny jaunt…
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To Outline or Not To Outline? That Might Be The Question
If you spend any time with me, you’ll notice that I’m super annoying because I don’t think there is one right way to do things and this is especially true…
Don’t Force that Rhyme. What exactly even is a forced rhyme?
Forced Rhyme Moments I was recently helping a poet/author who was worried about forced rhyme moments and then she realized she wasn’t absolutely sure what ‘forced rhyme’ even met. So,…
So You Want to Be Part of a Writing Community?
So, starting in August, I’m teaching another six-month Write! Submit! Support class at the fantastic Writing Barn. If you click on the link, you get to the direct info about…
Writing Tip Wednesday: Finding Your Big Wonder
The Big Wonder So, stories tend to need that internal motivator/quest/motivation to keep their plot chugging forward and to keep the reader engaged. As you know, I talk about desire…