In our final edition of About This Writing Stuff for 2020, Ken Brosky offers advice for managing multiple narrators while Abigail Perry helps us decide when our story can support two protagonists.
Even as an inveterate plotter, I admit that Hank Phillippi Ryan makes a strong case for writing without an outline (aka pantsing, but I like her use of “emergent design”).
In the Kill Zone, Sue Coletta provides insightful tips for crafting a series bible while James Scott Bell shows us three ways to weave humor into our stories. Over at Mythcreants, Oren Ashkenazi discusses how to handle content edits and Chris Winkle suggests clever ways to describe your POV character.
If you’re considering self-publishing, I encourage you to take some pointers from Anne R. Allen, and if you’re struggling to find that powerful opening to your story, let Josyln Chase help.
All that and a lot more. Enjoy… and Happy Holidays!
How to Effectively Manage Multiple Narrators in Your Novel by Ken Brosky via Jane Friedman
5 Tell-Tale Signs of an Amateur Self-Published Book by Anne R. Allen
How to Write Without an Outline by Hank Phillippi Ryan
Productive Procrastination: Re-Purposing Downtime to Profitably Promote by Ellen Byron
6 Tips to Help You Network Like a Natural by Penny Sansevieri
Tips to Create a Series Bible by Sue Coletta
On Using Humor in Fiction by James Scott Bell
Five Things to Know When You Get Content Editing by Oren Ashkenazi
Nine Ways to Describe Your Viewpoint Character by Chris Winkle
Staging the Scene by John J. Kelley
The Secret for Creating Characters that Readers Want to Root For by J.D. Edwin
Can You Have More Than One Protagonist in Your Story? by Abigail Perry
How to Start Your Story: 10 Ways to Get Your Story off to a Great Start by Joslyn Chase
A Look at Literary Devices: What is Motif? by Sherry Howard
How a Limited vs. Tight Point of View Can Confuse Writers by Janice Hardy