How to revise your first draft doesn’t stop with turning narrative into active passages that allow your reader to experience what’s happening vicariously as discussed in Part 1 of this series. Once you’ve gotten those broad strokes of your revision in hand, including turning informative paragraphs into action scenes packed with dialogue and thoughts, you… Continue Reading
You’ve completed the first draft of your book. Congratulations! Time to celebrate before you get back to work. Work? That’s right. Even though you may be feeling pressed to get your book out, a whole lot more work is required after the first draft. Here’s a look at what lies ahead from now until publication.… Continue Reading
My former writing coach client’s two books weren’t new. Far from it. Dr. Surender R. Neravetla, MD, FACS–director of cardiac surgery at Ohio’s Springfield Regional Medical–published Salt Kills in 2012 and Salt: Black America’s Silent Killer in 2014. During that time, neither had topped the sales charts. Still, knowing how passionate he was about his… Continue Reading
Is this the year you’re going to realize your book-writing dreams and get your book started? Finished? Revised? Published? Let’s make that happen! First, however, you’re going to have to get out of your own way. Since how we undermine ourselves changes depending on the circumstances, let’s figure out how you can claim your book-writing… Continue Reading
Inspiration often comes when we least expect it. So does the validation of one’s assumptions. One of my pet theories is that writers don’t just pop into life fully equipped with the ability to realize their propensity for the written word. I’ve worked with enough would-be–and eventually successful–authors to justify this belief. But it never… Continue Reading
When it comes to plagiarizing, “I didn’t mean to” is not a defense. So you need to make sure you take all precautions in order to avoid unintentionally pilfering somebody else’s verbiage. That’s easier said than done. Continue Reading
To shape your memoir and create a memoir outline, you have to start by asking yourself a simple question. Why am I writing this? Your answer will help pinpoint the focus of your memoir. That, in turn, will help you figure out what belongs and what might work better in a different book. Continue Reading
Too many writers think of description or using detail as a string of adjectives. Wrong. It’s all about using detail that brings your characters and settings to life. Continue Reading
This whole COVID experience challenges us all on a daily basis. It has also provided some of us with the opportunity to examine and reprioritize our lives. This creative transformation can show up in all kinds of ways. Continue Reading
Tomorrow marks the fortieth anniversary of a historic class-action lawsuit’s consent decree spearheaded by an LAPD police sergeant named Fanchon Blake, with little to no help from anyone. Her fight for female equality would help end institutionalized sexual and racial discrimination practices not just in the LAPD but in law enforcement in general. Tomorrow also… Continue Reading
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Ted Weinstein
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