CategoriesFiction Writing Tips Character Arcs Part 2: Growth Arcs Posted on Posted onAugust 5, 2022August 5, 2022By Elizabeth Taking character arcs deeper Last week, I started talking about character arcs: the ways a character grows and changes throughout … Read MoreCharacter Arcs Part 2: Growth Arcs
CategoriesFiction Writing Tips Character Arcs Part 1: Setting Goals Posted on Posted onJuly 29, 2022July 29, 2022By Elizabeth The basics of character arcs What is a character arc, and how do you write it well? By simplest definition, … Read MoreCharacter Arcs Part 1: Setting Goals
CategoriesEditing Tips, Fiction Writing Tips Is Your House Made of Play Dough? Growing a Revision Mindset Posted on Posted onSeptember 23, 2019September 23, 2019By Elizabeth House of Play Dough Imagine this: You just built a house, and you can’t wait to add the finishing touches. … Read MoreIs Your House Made of Play Dough? Growing a Revision Mindset
CategoriesEditing Tips, General Writing Tips Learn Parallelism: Lesson #6 from Student Work Posted on Posted onAugust 21, 2015By Elizabeth Take the time to learn about parallelism. This is the final post in a series expanding the six writing & … Read MoreLearn Parallelism: Lesson #6 from Student Work
CategoriesEditing Tips, Fiction Writing Tips Revision Cheat Sheet #3: Sentences Posted on Posted onApril 4, 2015By Elizabeth This is the third post in a series on editing your own novel at each key step in the revision … Read MoreRevision Cheat Sheet #3: Sentences