Question 1065: First Person Considerations
Nichole asks:What value can you get converting a first person narration to third? What are the obstacles? Sponsored by Archivos
Question 1064: Interleaving Novellas into a Novel
Herb asks:How would you handle writing your storylines as separate novels?
Question 1063: Rebuilding the Writing Habit
Tim asks:I’ve had some trouble writing steadily lately, as I understand you’ve been having issues with that, as well (Thanks for the NaNoGang 2022, regardless). How would you go about rebuilding a habit or writing steadily as of now?
Question 1053: Filing Off the Serial Numbers
Herb asks: I know that stealing from two sources versus one is the difference between being inspired and plagiarizing, but what good old “I could have told that tale better.” I can’t be the first new writer to be inspired in part by watching some movie or reading some book …
Question 1059: Best Writing Sprints
Nichole asks:What are your most memorable writing sprints? Throwing LeadDown From Ten, podcast or paperbackAnd Then She Was GoneSecrets of the Heinlein JuvenileThe Coffee Service short story or podcastPsyhco IV: The BeginningHadrian’s Flight
Question 1057: Time Jumps
Nichole asks:How do I smoothly handle time jumps in my stories? The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien
Question 1056: Too Much Detail
Ed Asks:With regards to descriptions and narration, how much detail is too much detail? The Hunt for Red October by Tom ClancyClear and Present Danger by Tom ClancyJurassic Park by Michael CrichtonPure Heat by ML BuchmanNathan Lowell’s Trader’s Tales Episode Sponsored by Archivos
Question 1055: All About Paragraphing
Nichole asks:I’m trying to find good resources to help me do better spacing with my paragraphs, and such for my fiction writing. I have a good grasp on overall grammar. (Though my hurried emails don’t show this…) But some of the different spacing for paragraphs, when to indent and how …
Question 1054: How to NOT Break Your Novel
Indiana Jim asks:You said on Twitter you had read a 500-page book by a reputed master, whom in the last eight pages, “breaks all thematic, plot, and character logic.” Without throwing this particular author under the bus, could you provide more detail on how this was accomplished so that we …
Question 1050: Re-typing as Editing
Herb asks: I know you’re a big fan of cycling for revision, but what about retyping. Lawrence Block in his book on writing novels, which is from the 70s, spends some time discussing how retyping to make a clean copy for submission is a great way to add polish. In …