I’m beginning to realize that I need something that is just my own and that I can use to express myself when words just won’t do.
Author: Jennifer Lindsay
When we view art, in all its many forms, we are reminded that we all begin somewhere.
Art doesn’t just give us a clue about how the artist perceived the world they lived in, it gives us insight into traditions and values and stories that have been otherwise forgotten.
As writers, we’re often encouraged to engage as many of the senses as possible in our writing; music can be an amazing tool to help us do just that.
Just as real life is filled with a web of interlaced inner and external conflicts that sometimes line up with each other and sometimes are at odds with each other, our stories need both in order for them to rise off of the page and leave a mark on the reader.
What do you do when your writing has you stumped and you don’t have the motivation to move forward?
Without naming any names, can you think of a writer or book that’s annoyed you for all the right reasons? What about the wrong ones? Now think about those two examples together. What was it about the one that worked while the other one didn’t? Got your answer? Chances are, it all came down to…
Have you ever taken such a long break from a project, you don’t know where you left off or whether it’s really worth starting back up again?
There’s this idea that once you sign your first contract, that’s it, you’re in! You’ve found a publisher and now you get to write stories with them forever. But the industry changes and publishers get bought out; the marketing support you hoped for gets lost in the shuffle, and then sales aren’t what they should be. And like that, you’re on the outside looking in once more. What do you do when the reality of publishing doesn’t quite live up to your dream of being a published author?
One of the things I’ve discovered that writers struggle most with when looking at hiring an editor is trying to figure out what sort of help their manuscript needs. Terms like “substantive edit” and “developmental edit” and “proofreading” and “copyediting” can be confusing if you don’t know what they mean. This can be especially challenging…