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March 18, 2019
Writing software revisited—Part 2
From Rick: Part 1 of this topic got a bit long, and after completing it, I felt I had more to say. In addition, I was recently pointed to a review of several pieces of editing software, a couple of which were new to me. 6 AUTOMATIC EDITING TOOLS THAT WILL MAKE YOUR WRITING SUPER […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...
March 4, 2019
Writing software revisited—Part 1
From Rick: From time to time I’ve talked about various pieces of software for writers. Although I haven’t subdivided them before, all the ones I’ve seen fall into two primary categories: (1) Word and text processing software (2) Writing improvement aids One must consider defining a third category of programs that attempt to teach you […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...
Writing software revisited
From Rick: From time to time I’ve talked about various pieces of software for writers. Although I haven’t subdivided them before, all the ones I’ve seen fall into two primary categories: (1) Word and text processing software (2) Writing improvement aids One must consider defining a third category of programs that attempt to teach you […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...
February 18, 2019
Copyright and intellectual property legalities for authors
From Rick: For any would-be author, the decision to write a book falls into one of two categories: hobby or business. As soon as you decide to seek a traditional publisher, you’ve moved from hobby to business because you’ve committed yourself to trying to make money from the book. Writing as a hobby carries no […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...
February 4, 2019
The rules of good writing from Mark Twain
From Rick: None have said it better than Mark Twain in his famous essay FENIMORE COOPER’S LITERARY OFFENSES . I’ve added my thoughts and comments. “There are nineteen rules governing literary art in domain of romantic fiction—some say twenty-two. In Deerslayer, Cooper violated eighteen of them. These eighteen require:” (1) That a tale shall accomplish […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...
January 22, 2019
How do you start writing a novel?
From Rick: One of the questions I hear from time to time, and which I heard recently, goes something like this: “I have this idea for a novel. I know what I want to say, but I don’t know how to begin writing it.” You might think this is a problem unique to new writers. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...
January 14, 2019
Dealing with story details and description—Part 2
From Rick: Do you interrupt your story with description? Scott and I have dealt with the topic of description several times in 2015 and more recently in Part of this two-part series back in September 2018. Click on DESCRIPTION in the categories to bring up those past articles. Descriptive details are an essential part of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...
January 7, 2019
The changes ahead for 2019
From Rick: Welcome to 2019. This promises to be an interesting and hopefully productive year for me, and I trust it will be for all of you as well. Why will 2019 be an interesting year? Well, for one thing I’m planning on making changes to my writing habits and to do more marketing of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...
December 25, 2018
Stuff I learned in 2018
From Rick: As we approach the end of another year, I’m looking back on what I’ve learned and observed, what I’ve accomplished, and what I haven’t accomplished. Year after year, I’m constantly reminded that writing isn’t an easy endeavor, and if you’re the perfectionist like me, it’s even harder. It’s not as simple as sitting […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...
December 10, 2018
Omniscient POV—PART 2 (How to recognize it and how to write it)
From Rick: In my previous post a month ago on omniscient POV, I talked about what omni-POV is and isn’t, with emphasis on the latter. OMNISCIENT POV—PART 1 In that post I said that head-hopping is NOT omniscient POV and that justifying head-hopping by saying you’re writing in omni-POV is just not good writing practice. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...
