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We’re All in This Together: Celebrating 2013
The WAITT group is so inspiring to me when I see how hard they are working on making their writing better and getting it out into the world. We are celebrating 2013 and all that we have accomplished this year. What is one writing-related thing that you accomplished in…
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We’re All in This Together: Surprise! Things You Didn’t Know About the Writing Life Post #1
What is the hardest thing you didn’t know you’d encounter as a writer? Why did that thing surprise you and how did you handle it? These were questions I posed to our WAITT writers, and I love their responses. One thing you’ll see as a common thread–writing is not…
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We’re All in This Together: Revision Tips Post #1
Today children’s writers share their favorite revision tips. I hope you will find some practice ways to revise your writing in today’s post. EW Clark YA novelist ewclark.net I slog through early stage revision like everyone else — cutting out tens of thousands of words and rewriting. But the…
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We’re All in This Together: Rejection Post #1
I am a member of several writing circles. One thing that we all have in common is persisting in the face of rejection. I’m starting a new series of posts this week featuring some of my writer friends. I’m calling it “We’re All in This Together” because many times…