As with almost everything, outlining is a process that tends to be individual to each writer, if they do it at all.  In the seven years that I’ve been writing seriously, I’ve gone from a complete pantser (i.e. someone who writes by the seat of their pants) to outlining at least part of every story. [...]

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My apologies for missing Monday’s update and for the fact this is late.  I blame jury duty.  And hockey.  But can you really blame me for the hockey?  It is the landsquid’s favorite sport. Anyway, onward to content. It’s come to my attention that you can usually tell whether something will be urban or traditional [...]

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We all hear that writing is a solitary activity, but this is a new age of social media and I end up talking to other writers all the time.  I suspect, if you’re here, you’re the same way. One of my favorite things about this new era of social writing is the idea of the [...]