by raynelacko.com raynelacko.com | Jun 18, 2011 | Best Writer Tips, Fiction Novel Writing, Freelance Writing
“Just shoot me now.” A good critique may begin with this response, but soon the scolding red marks reveal overlooked obstacles to your work’s potential. When you make friends with the red pen pointing out weak story points, redundancy or grammar...
by raynelacko.com raynelacko.com | May 27, 2011 | Best Writer Tips, Fiction Novel Writing, For the love of writing, Guest posts
Will your fictional characters, at some point, hit the sheets? As most of us creative types enjoy a delicious romp in the sack in real life, it shouldn’t be too difficult to apply our trusty, book-enhancing observational skills to break down, scene by scene, moment...
by raynelacko.com raynelacko.com | May 23, 2011 | Best Writer Tips, Fiction Novel Writing, Guest posts, Who is Writing What?
I’ll admit it, I’m a fangirl. When an author’s amazing book inspires awe, when an agent teaches a class with the intention of improving and inspiring our burgeoning manuscripts, or either write a blogpost containing encouragement and advice for other...
by raynelacko.com raynelacko.com | Mar 14, 2011 | Best Writer Tips, Fiction Novel Writing, For the love of writing, Guest posts
Action is my habit. When I briskly type out an initial draft of a scene, the early rendition reveals a pesky ritual of churning my characters through conflict after conflict, plowing them through troubles, smacking them in the forehead with insult and...
by raynelacko.com raynelacko.com | Mar 8, 2011 | Best Writer Tips, Fiction Novel Writing, For the love of writing, Guest posts
When people ask what your book is about, they are really asking about the plot. A response: “It’s about two German Shepherds sniffing for buried treasure,” only scrapes the surface. Why dogs? Why that breed? What kind of treasure? Where? When? What...
by raynelacko.com raynelacko.com | Mar 1, 2011 | Best Writer Tips, Fiction Novel Writing, Guest posts, Who is Writing What?
I’ll be honest with you. I just wrote an entirely new scene in a different POV and tense for my novel RADIO HEAD, inspired by the phenomenal workshop I attended at UCLA with instructor Lisa Cron. She has graciously agreed to critique it for me, and so here I am,...
