quotables
"The awful thing about the first sentence of any book is that as soon as
you've written it you realize this piece of work is not going to be the
great thing that you envision."
~Tom Wolfe (1931-), American author.
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articles Links to articles on semi-important characters, three-act structure, conducting interviews, talking about writing, and learning what to leave out. compiled by Sherry
creativity Fire up your pen with exercises on story rewrites, kitchen collapses, and bare-bones dialogue.
toolbox A Quick Q&A on help with plots, and a plethora of useful forms and writers' tools.
Last month's poll results:We asked: "Do you regularly back up your work?"
You said:
I usually forget. 4 votes, 13%
I'm a backup maniac! 9 votes, 30%
I don't really know how. 1 vote, 3%
Once in a while, when I think of it. 4 votes, 13%
Not as often as I should. 8 votes, 27%
At least once a week. 4 votes, 13%
No, I like living on the edge. 0 votes, 0%
Total Votes: 30
everything but writing People, people who need people...
Sure, writing is a solitary endeavour for the most part...but Sue's here to tell you why writers need other people just as much as--if not more than--other folks. column by Sue Fagalde Lick
We now have all of Sue's Everything But Writing columns archived! Click over to the archive page and browse to see what you've missed!
