Summer is here. The weather is gorgeous, but sweaty-hot. Levi and I are adjusting though motivationally-challenged. He gets away with napping and bathing all day, but my stories won’t write themselves. So, I found a challenge to keep me working through August. For the next five weeks, starting August 1st, I will be participating inContinue reading “Writer In Motion: A five week writing and revising challenge”
Category Archives: Revision
Revising and Editing Poems
Now that National Poetry Writing Month is over and many of us have thirty fresh poem drafts, it’s time to start thinking about revision. This morning I scoured the internet for revision techniques and found a lot of useful information and some worksheets. We want to approach each poem with fresh eyes, so I recommendContinue reading “Revising and Editing Poems”
Revising with scene cards
Hello everyone. It appears my hiatus is over as I’m excited to get back to Experience Writing. But I’m not going to get back to the planner pages quite yet. While I took an extended break from blogging and social media, I finally found the excitement and energy I needed to return to revising myContinue reading “Revising with scene cards”
Twitter #Hashtags That Motivate Revision
Twitter did not appeal to me at first (or second or third). So why, you ask, would I write this post? Recently, I find myself enjoying it more and more. There are lots of fun challenges for writers and the character limitation ends up being a great revision tool. How Twitter can help your revisionContinue reading “Twitter #Hashtags That Motivate Revision”
Tips and Tricks: Creating Revision Goals and Preparing For First Readers.
I apologize for my time away. I needed a break and an adventure to fill me up with new energy, so I could return to you with insight. I can finally see an endpoint to my revisions, at least an endpoint that will allow me to send a draft to my carefully chosen first readersContinue reading “Tips and Tricks: Creating Revision Goals and Preparing For First Readers.”
A Happy Discovery – Free Indirect Discourse: I Was Already Using It, But Now I Know When and How to Use It Correctly
I first saw the term Free Indirect Discourse while reading the chapter on Flannery O’Connor in Write Like The Masters by William Cane. Cane describes Free Indirect Discourse (FID) as “A popular technique with good writers, FID involves narrating a scene in language that contains some elements from the lexicon of one of the charactersContinue reading “A Happy Discovery – Free Indirect Discourse: I Was Already Using It, But Now I Know When and How to Use It Correctly”
Part Two The Worrying Wave of Weak Verbs: a cautionary tale of the murderous search for to be, to have, to do, to get, to go and to make
In my last post, I shared an amazing discovery, a little book full of helpful tips called The Curious Case of the Misplaced Modifier by Bonnie Trenga. At the end of exploring Chapter Seven, you’ll recall I encountered a “there was” problem in my manuscript. After my battle with “there was”, I moved on toContinue reading “Part Two The Worrying Wave of Weak Verbs: a cautionary tale of the murderous search for to be, to have, to do, to get, to go and to make”
The Worrying Workload of Weak Writing Part One: the discovery of the stretched-out sentences.
Over the last two years, I thought I had read every book my local library system offered on writing: instructional, anecdotal, genre specific, technique specific–the works. Last time I went to the library, however, a cute little book I hadn’t noticed before jumped out at me: The Curious Case Of The Misplaced Modifier by BonnieContinue reading “The Worrying Workload of Weak Writing Part One: the discovery of the stretched-out sentences.”
Strange Pleasures Part Two *
To continue my study of strange pleasures, I took to the web in search of others’ ideas and insights on the subject. I found some interesting ideas at Wooden Boat Forum where a discussion of enjoying things from the past brought up the strange pleasures of: cutting grass with a scythe; doing laundry by hand;Continue reading “Strange Pleasures Part Two *”
Strange Pleasures and Hedonic Motivation
Spring has sprung here in the great Northwest and my interests have turned to fun and joy. Last weekend was all about planting the garden and Monday I inflated my kayak and had the lake all to myself. The inflatable kayak, acquired two years ago, suddenly became a brilliant purchase as the lake (actually aContinue reading “Strange Pleasures and Hedonic Motivation”
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