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Heather’s Posts: Writing About Writing
Introduction: So You Want to Write a….
Prologue: “I Want to Write, But I Don’t Have Time!”
Chapters 1-10
1: No Wrong Way to Write: Your Writing Process is Your Writing Process
2: SMARTening Up Your Writing Goals
3: Writer’s Block, Part 1: Repeat After Me…Writer’s Block Doesn’t Exist
4: Writer’s Block, Part 2: Blocked vs. Stuck
5: Writer’s Block, Part 3: Stuck vs. Timing–Or, Letting Your People Go
6: Your Muses Never Leave You; They Simply Go Quiet
7: Plotting Your Plot—Or, How to Get From Here to There
8: “Hi, My name is Bob. I Repair Miniature Accordions.”: Developing Your Characters
9: Placing Your Story: Landscape, The Oft-Forgotten (and Sometimes Central) Character
10: It Was a Dark And Stormy Night…: Setting Your Story in Place
Chatpers 11-20
11: Choosing the Storyteller: Narrative and Voice
12: Research and More Research: The Little Things Count
13: Content Creation and Development Part 1 of 2—Providing Your Readers With Details is Good; Spamming Them is Not
14: Making Your Plot and Characters Shine—Detailing the Details: Content Creation and Development Part 2 of 3
15: Don’t Tell Showingly—Just Show (Yes, That Old Thing Again)
16: Who Said What? Yes. What? Yes. Who Did? Yes. I Mean No. I Mean Yes…I Think: Dialogue.
17: Tailoring Your Story: Finding Your Writing Style and Voice
18: Once Upon a Time: Your Opening Sentence
19: Structural Integrity, Part 1 of 2—Sentences and Paragraphs
20: Structural Integrity, Part 2 of 2—Building on the Plot
Chapters 21-30 (More to Come!)
21: Pacing Yourself: Creating a Sense of Action in Words
22: Typing Your Story: Genre
23: It’s Rather Windy in Here: Drafts
24: Kill All Your Darlings: Self-Editing
25: Your Writing “Why”: The Momentum Behind Inspiration and Motivation
26: Feedback: Your Story Through Other Ears and Eyes
27: Doubt the Doubters: Your Goals Are in Your Field, Not Theirs
28: Giving Your Writing Your All: The Quickest Path to Burnout
29: I Ain’t Gonna Lie—Grammar is Important
30: Punctuation: The Difference Between a Declaration of Cannibalism…or Personal Joys
Chapters 31-(More to come!)
31: Timing is Everything: The “Elevator Pitch”
32: The See-Saw of Details: Getting the Balance Right
33: CYA–Cover Your Art: Protect Yourself from Plagiarism
34: Positive Negativity: Giving Feedback
35: Writer’s Block Variation #2, Part 1 of 4: “I Want to Write, But I Don’t Know What to Say!”
36: Writer’s Block Variation #2, Part 2 of 4—Access Denied: When Your Imagination and Fingers Refuse to Communicate
Sample Chapters From Heather’s Novels
Backbeat
BACKBEAT: Chapter 1
BACKBEAT: Chapter 7
BACKBEAT: Chapter 10
Coming Home
COMING HOME Part I: Into the World
COMING HOME Part II: Everything’s Different now, Chapter 2
COMING HOME Part II: Everything’s Different Now, Chapter 3
COMING HOME Part II: Everything’s Different Now, Chapter 4
COMING HOME Part II: Everything’s Different Now, Chapter 6
Heather’s Short Stories & Other Writing
Section 60
Acceptance (The Fish)
Morning Haiku
Guest Authors
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Scott Justin
How to Express Technical Thoughts in Writing
Magna Kruger
Crafting Characters: Part 1 of 3
Crafting Characters by Building a World Around Them: Part 2 of 3
Crafting Characters by Using Subext: Part 3 of 3
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