June 22, 2018– Your character is angry so what are you going to do about it? Wait, that’s not what I meant…If you’re going to piss off your character or show your reader that your character is angry, you better get it right. This is a time to SHOW and NOT TELL! Here’s a cool graph to help you out. Happy Writing!
June 20, 2018-Just so you know…
June 18, 2018– This complete guide to knife blades is totally awesome and useful when it comes to killing people. Let me be clear because I know the FBI or whatever we have in Canada is reading my posts… and I’m on a list somewhere after writing Obsessed with Her. What I mean is, this is a cool guide for killing off your character in your novel should you choose to do so by way of stabbing. Or cutting up into bits. Or dismembering. Sigh, I love the smell of murder in the morning! This guide will lend to your credibility as a writer and nothing is better or more important than getting your facts straight. Check out the guide below!
June 17, 2018- Thank you so much to everyone who submitted their manuscript for consideration! I am overwhelmed and so grateful for each of the 172 submissions that I received this month, and I sincerely thank you for your interest in becoming an author at Pandamonium Publishing House. Submissions are currently closed, but I can say that I’ll be accepting manuscripts again in September 2018. Thank you!
June 15, 2018- Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE my editor. I also pray that she’s not reading this! Check out this really cool infographic about writers vs editors…why can’t we all just get along?
June 13, 2018- This is a fun, yet valuable infographic about how to create relatable and lovable protagonists. This is most suitable for middle-grade novels. Happy Writing!
June 11, 2018– Are you making any of these mistakes while storytelling? If so, STOP! Your writing and sales depend on it.
These are just three tips in a myriad of thousands, but I think they’re very important! Here’s to your success!
xLLB
June 8, 2018-Just remember this any time you fail! Keep failing forward-that’s the key:)
June 8, 2018- Well, this is pretty cool. I’ve never done this, myself, but it does look like something that could help start the creative process. I think that I’ll give it a whirl and see what I come up with! Here’s how it works:
Now I know that a lot of my other writers out there are screaming, “STOP THE MADNESS,” at their laptops because they already know step 1…which is to RIP A PAGE OUT OF A BOOK. I know. It’s crazy and mean and even slightly sacrilegious. But, sometimes art hurts. In fact, the BEST art hurts.
Step 2 is to black out all of the words you don’t want to use and create a new poem.
This is really the only way to turn someone else’s words into your own, some of you may be down with that concept and some of you may not. Do whatever works for you.
Here is a sample of blackout poetry ripped and recreated from my most fave Shakespeare work of all time, Macbeth. I love the blood and gore and fortune telling and the moving forest and and and…
Love this poem, “I care about you. Join me in hell.” Whoa, that’s pretty powerful. I wonder how many hidden messages were contained in this work? Feel free to make your own and let your imagination run wild! Happy Writing!
June 6, 2018- I’m not a huge fan of flashbacks in writing and I don’t particularly practice them in my own writing, but there can be a time and a place for them when used properly. Here’s a quick infographic to help you decide when, where, and if you should use flashbacks. Do you use flashbacks in your writing? Why? Comment below.
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