Writing serial fiction can teach you some important lessons about storytelling, like flexibility in your plot when unexpected events force you to make changes.
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Tag Archives: Creative Copy Challenge
The Week in Words (May 15)
Saturday, May 15, 2010
The Week in Words is a weekly roundup of my active projects, review of the site’s activity, and links to interesting writing articles that caught my attention.
The Week in Words (May 8)
Saturday, May 8, 2010
The Week in Words is a weekly roundup of my active projects, review of the site’s activity, and links to interesting writing articles that caught my attention.
How to Choose Your Writing Software (Part 2)
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
The most important features for creative and technical writers in word processing software, with a checklist so you can pick just the ones that matter to you.
The Creative Copy Challenge (Creative Writing Exercise)
Friday, March 19, 2010
Today’s exercise barely deserves a blog post at all, since I already spilled the beans in yesterday’s article.
Still, in case you didn’t make it to the end, I’ll say it again: Go over to the Creative Copy Challenge blog, and write a short story. Use all the words, format them so we can find them, and then come back here and post a link to your comment (once it gets approved by the moderators).
Writing Prompts
Thursday, March 18, 2010
When I was in fifth grade my teacher gave us an assignment to write a one-page story using at least half of our spelling words for the week. That’s what we call a “writing prompt.” Writer’s Digest offers regular writing prompts, and most creative writing courses are built at least partially around them. The goal is to get you out of your languishing manuscript and just get you writing. They usually do that by creating a scene you haven’t thought about before, forcing you to start fresh, make something happen, and then get on with your work.
