Don’t Write Like the Undead
carriejonesbooks Sometimes you’ll read a book and you’ll think—um, did a vampire write this? That’s not because it’s sexy and sparkling like the Twilight vampires or sexy and bloody with a…
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Dude, don’t nod. Four major writing mistakes that are easy to avoid
Here in the Land of Writing Advice, we try not to lay down too many edicts because edicts are prickly things, but we’re going to put out four quick bits…
The First Step of Revising is Stepping Away
That’s right. The first step of revising is stepping away from that novel with your hands up and eyes focused on something else. It should be easy. It is often…
Three Quick Tips to Show Instead of Tell
As writers, showing allows us more control over what we're trying to communicate to the reader. Pretty cool, right?
Bear in the Outhouse. Chapter Titles and You
This week on Carrie’s blog, carriejonesbooks.blog, she’s talking all about chapters and so we’re talking about them on the podcast, too, because Carrie’s controlling like that. And what we’re talking…