Working with Editors on Super Writers Tuesday
Today’s question is “How do you reconcile when you want to get a book published but the editors interested in your book want to change things you want to keep?”
Today’s question is “How do you reconcile when you want to get a book published but the editors interested in your book want to change things you want to keep?”
The most productive writers, I’ve noticed, aren’t necessarily the ones with the most talent or the greatest skills. They may not be the most physically fit or even the most motivated. The most productive writers are the ones who get excited by their work.
Every so often, I will be writing along on a tale (often with a new novel), and suddenly find myself “stuck.” I can’t seem to write another word.
Here are a few rules that I think you should consider adopting
So often as new authors, we’re trained to approach such problems indirectly. We try to sneak around and find some way to describe our character obliquely. But the truth is that sometimes the best alternative is to simply be blunt.
Every story is different and may require the author to grow or stretch in new ways, even old pros can find themselves blocked when writing.
as authors, all of us want to get great word of mouth advertising. It is easily the least expensive form of advertising—since it costs you nothing—and the most productive form of advertising, since it comes in the form of testimonials from people that you know, and trust, and who are more or less a lot like you.
Dueling Magic Systems In our very first lesson (find it here), I pointed out that readers of fantasy crave tales with a strong sense of
Get Real One essential part of making better magic systems is giving real imagery to the reader without telling them what to see. Very often
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