Stuck in the Middle: The Revision Process
A summary of author Laura van den Berg's invaluable advice on novel revision, and reflections on how I am applying it as I work my way through the "murky middle."
Endings: How Do You End Your Novel?
Sometimes Endings are like ice cream sundaes with the right amount of toppings.
A Round-up from The Muse & the Marketplace 2024
A sampling of stand-out quotes from my weekend at the Muse.
Operating the POV Camera
To reduce POV to whether the narrator uses first person (“I”) or third person (“He/she/they”) is deceptively simple, as though POV is a point and shoot camera, when in fact, it’s more like a manual one, with various controls that can be adjusted to alter what the reader sees.
A Glorious Mess
We spend so much time laboring over just the right words to use in our writing, why shouldn’t we be as careful with the words we use about our writing?
