Today, my first post as a regular contributor goes up on Write It Sideways. I’m talking endings. Not sad goodbyes, but a farewell to characters. How do you end a story? It isn’t as easy as just typing the words. Click on over: What are the Best Ways to End a Story? Then, tell us …
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The Writing Critique: Sign Up and Show Up and Stick Around
“This is your writing. It’s important. I’m not advocating shoving yourself into the middle of someone else’s discussion or waving a red flag in the bathroom line, but put yourself out there.” ~ Becky Levine, in The Writing & Critique Group Survival Guide. One Sunday afternoon, it took all I had to get out of …
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How to Stay Abreast of Your Writing Goals
The beginning of the year is a great time to set new goals, or cut and paste last year’s goals onto the “new” list. I mean, that’s how it works sometimes, right? We all have good intentions come January 1st, but there are always certain goals that get pushed around but never accomplished. I’m tired …
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