Avi's Blog, page 19

Writing Tip: Karen Cushman

Rules, rules, rules. Here’s my tip: make up your own rules, or better yet, have no rules.

Writing Tip: Veera Hiranandani

I've taught creative writing for many years and one of my favorite writing exercises that I've given to both kids and adults is experimenting with another point of view.

Writing Tip: Eugene Yelchin

Try this at home. It saved a couple of my books which were later successfully published from certain abandonment during the process.

Writing Tip: Caroline Starr Rose

Caroline shares a memorable quote from an author friend, displayed on the bulletin board above her desk.

Writing Tip: Will Hobbs

Plot is the hardest part, and you can save yourself a lot of time and effort if you develop a dynamic premise before you start writing.

Writing Tips

I have no doubt there are good writing teachers, and I applaud them, but I have never been able to teach it because, or so I tell myself, I’m still learning.

Making a flap

When a book is published one of the very last bits of writing composed is the flap copy. This may be the first reading of the book that takes place. 

Memory

One of the major tools of good writing is memory.

Lived Experience

This article is so well written and speaks to an issue anyone interested in books for young people needs to think about.

Beats

When I was a high school upperclassman and had already committed to a life in theatre (as only an adolescent can do) I was an avid reader of Harold Clurman and Walter Kerr.