Maybe your budget, job, or family commitments keep you from getting away for a week to concentrate solely on your writing. Or maybe you just got back from a longer writing retreat, and now it’s time to make that investment pay off. You can use the same principles as in the extended writing retreat to structure your writing life for the long haul. » Read more..
Archive for May 15, 2010
Use a Writing Retreat to Help You Finish Your Book
A lot of writers struggle to get their ideas on paper. They feel the urge to complete a novel or long nonfiction, but can’t seem to concentrate on it. The project calls to them when they’re in the midst of work and kids and plans, but when they sit down to write, they can’t escape the distractions. Through it all, the nagging little critic inside their head says, “Everybody knows you’re a failure.” » Read more..
Category: Writing retreat
Moving from first draft to second
At the beginning of our interview, my friend Suzanne LaGrande talked about a lesson she learned in the process of rewriting her screenplay. The nugget — that I think a lot of us will identify with — is that we often think we’re finished when we’ve only just begun. » Read more..
Category: Finishing
| Tags: Audio post, Editing, screenplay, Second draft