by MKMarketing | 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 MKMarketing | 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 MKMarketing | Nov 1, 2010 | Best Writer Tips, Fiction Novel Writing, For the love of writing, Guest posts, Who is Writing What?
With an entirely out-of-control outline tipping the scales at over 12,000 words, I dove headfirst this fine November 1st on a journey to make a messy manuscript my own personal heaven. Yes, I wrote fast and furiously, throwing editing, self-censorship and...
by MKMarketing | Oct 8, 2010 | Best Writer Tips, Fiction Novel Writing, For the love of writing, Guest posts
I’m a little addicted to the The Script Lab. As I worry over and scrutinize my fiction novel, tweets about screen-writing from @TheScriptLab interject with lucid, helpful, applicable ideas. My blog is for creatives of all stripes, and ideas for good writing can...
by MKMarketing | Sep 17, 2010 | Best Writer Tips, Fiction Novel Writing, For the love of writing, Freelance Writing, Guest posts
You’ve finished your manuscript. You took an online class about preparing the perfect query and pitch for your beloved manuscript, the result of countless months and/or years of laborious love. You spent hours online researching the perfect agent–that one...