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  1. From Our Blog

    Blog Post: More Haste, Less Speed?

    New blog post by Claire G More Haste, Less Speed? What Do We Mean by ‘Pace’ And Why Is It Important? We often hear that books are fast-paced, slow burn or ‘saggy in the middle’. In a nutshell, pace is the speed at which a story unfolds (note that this is not the same as the speed at which a...
  2. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day The only problem with Haiku is that you.....

    The only problem with Haiku is that you just get started and then Roger McGough
  3. LJ Beck

    Craft Chat 5 Things you’ve learned writing ‘Book name”

    I just read this blog post by Chuck Wendig (link below) and it sounds like a fun/cool thing for us to do too. List 5 things you’ve learned writing a now completed novel/novella. It doesn’t have to be things about the book, it can be things you learned about yourself, or some interesting tidbit...
  4. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day Writing is medicine. It is an....

    “Writing is medicine. It is an appropriate antidote to injury. It is an appropriate companion for any difficult change.” Julia Cameron
  5. Pamela Jo

    Craft Chat A Quick Cheat Card on Sol Stein-How to Build a Novel

    Make understandable misunderstandings happen, hook sentence at end of paragraph, and most importantly, personify abstract concepts. state the story idea in one sentence, two max. scene outline -each scene must move the story forward Dialogue: excites, has white spaces (no more than...
  6. From Our Blog

    Blog Post: Writing as a job

    New blog post by Jake E Writing as a job Recently, I came across a fiery argument on multiple social media platforms around the topic a writer compensation. On the face of it, it shouldn’t be a hugely controversial topic – work should be paid for – but as with anything opened to mass criticism...
  7. From Our Blog

    Blog Post: Welcome to Publishing Year Zero

    New blog post by AgentPete Welcome to Publishing Year Zero “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness…” wrote authors’ rights activist Charles Dickens as A Tale of Two Cities began its epic unfolding. He could easily have been...
  8. Sarit

    Craft Chat Logline resource

    Hello everyone and happy new year! I just wanted to share with you this doc that was posted in my screenwriting group. I know it is more tailored for screenwriting but I found it very useful for my book as well, it builds drama and covers the who, what, why and opposing forces thereby enticing...
  9. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day Your writing voice is the deepest possible reflection of.....

    Your writing voice is the deepest possible reflection of who you are. The job of your voice is not to seduce or flatter or make well-shaped sentences. In your voice, your readers should be able to hear the contents of your mind, your heart, your soul. Meg Rosoff
  10. Pamela Jo

    Craft Chat From the guy who wrote Fight Club

    Useful tips. 1. “Instead of writing about a character, write from within the character. This means that every way the character describes the world must describe the character’s experience. You and I never walk into the same room as each other. We each see the room through the lens of our own...
  11. Pamela Jo

    Craft Chat Voice and POV

    I liked this. https://darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/voice-and-pov
  12. From Our Blog

    Blog Post: My First Crit

    New blog post by Rachel McCarron My First Crit Do you remember your first time? Was it exciting? Were you nervous? Did you just want to get it over with? One of the most wonderful of the many wonderful features of the Litopia Colony is The Lab, where writers can go to experiment with their...
  13. Pamela Jo

    Craft Chat Steering the craft Ursula Le Guin

    The last clementine of xmas. A little gift to start the year right. https://archive.org/details/steering-the-craft-a-twenty-first-century-guide-to-sailing-the-sea-of-story-repr/page/n4/mode/1up
  14. Pamela Jo

    Craft Chat 10 Writing Tips from Ursula Le Guin

    10 Writing Tips from Ursula Le Guin by Joe Bunting | 35 comments Ursula Le Guin is probably best known for her sci-fi and fantasy, but she also wrote poetry, creative nonfiction, and literary fiction. She won numerous awards for her work, and today, we share a few Ursula Le Guin quotes on...
  15. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day This year's book, at midnight....

    This year's book, at midnight turns to footnote in the next. Terri Guilemets
  16. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day One of the disadvantages of literary awards is....

    “One of the disadvantages of literary awards is the fact that authors are writing to please a book award committee, rather than to spread the message of love, tolerance, peace, and serve humanity.” Mouloud Benzadi
  17. Pamela Jo

    News Writing in the Stupid Age-The Stinging Fly

    Writing In The Stupid Age Anne Haverty Dec 05, 2024 Essay This is the text of the 2024 Stinging Fly lecture, which was delivered at the United Arts Club in Dublin on October 23rd 2024. I tried to resist calling this lecture Writing in the Stupid Age. It’s going to be misunderstood, I was...
  18. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day But then, that's the beauty of writing stories.....

    But then, that's the beauty of writing stories - each one is an exploratory journey in search of a reason and a shape. And when you find that reason and that shape, there's no feeling like it.' T C Boyle
  19. wrightstuff

    Craft Chat What will happen to Writing in the Age of Generative AI?

    The Head of Y Combinator, probably the world's most prestigious and worthwhile business incubator, has made a rare prediction about technology. He believes that generative AI will reduce the need to write so much that the world will be divided into the 'writes' and the 'write-nots'. Since he...
  20. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day Artists don't talk about art.....

    Artists don't talk about art. Artists talk about work. If I have anything to say to young writers, it's stop thinking of writing as art. Think of it as work. Paddy Chayefsky
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