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Craft Masters

Post your discussions, articles and questions about craft here. Of course, they should always relate to YA. Group Coordinator: Nikki Katz

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The New Craft Masters

Started by christine danek May 16. 0 Replies

Hi everyone!My name is Christine Danek and I will be moderating the group Craft Masters. I'm excited to get started and plan to start in June. Each month will have a different topic and twice a…Continue

Need help on a stuttering character.

Started by christine danek May 7. 0 Replies

Hi everyone. I'm writing a character that stutters. Any advice on writing the dialogue?Continue

Multiple narrators

Started by Gennifer Albin. Last reply by Brianna Lebrecht Mar 7. 11 Replies

I'm experimenting with a WIP with multiple narrators.  Anyone have any suggestions regarding this or strong examples of multiple narrators?

Outlining

Started by Nicōle Olea. Last reply by Brianna Lebrecht Mar 7. 14 Replies

How many of you outline? How many of you are a "fly by the seat of your pants" sorta writer?I find that Ilike to jump in and just start writing and that it goes okay but ulitmately I need an…Continue

Tags: outline, writing

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Comment by Ezmirelda Demetri on February 19, 2012 at 7:55am

A repost of my article on Story Structure:

http://parafantasy.blogspot.com/2012/02/on-writing-story-structure-...

I find that keeping the story structure in mind while you're writing makes it  a whole lot easier to tell what should be happening and when--whether you're the outlining type of person or not. Make sure you look at the chart that I linked to because it's litterally the best thing ever to refer to when you're stuck on your WIP. You just find where you're at and it tells you what should be happening next. :)

Comment by Eliza Tilton on February 13, 2012 at 6:56pm

anyone here use Scrivener? Need some insight on formatting.

Comment by Nikki Katz on February 7, 2012 at 9:41am

Hi everyone!!  I want to start a weekly discussion focused on a specific topic - where you can post articles, tips, information and we can keep it together in one place (discussions are above the comment wall here!)  This week we're going to chat about Voice, so please hop in and share your thoughts. 


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Comment by Nicōle Olea on February 5, 2012 at 4:56pm

I came across this link - Writing Links & Links for Writers
Word Stuff
it's a plethora of writer-ly things...Some more useful than others. 

http://www.internet-resources.com/writers/wrlinks-wordstuff.htm

Comment by S.B. Rodgers on January 26, 2012 at 2:34pm

Hey we are having a "crafty" contest to celebrate our e-book launch. check out our blog http://sbrodgers.blogspot.com/ cheers and good luck!

Comment by Alisha Marie Klapheke on January 24, 2012 at 2:21pm

Thanks for the Rough to Final Drafts links. I loved Maggie Stiefvater's chapter. 

Comment by Nikki Katz on January 24, 2012 at 11:24am

Pitch-Slam finalists have been posted!!  Congrats to the top winners :) 

Comment by Nikki Katz on January 24, 2012 at 10:15am

From Rough to Final Drafts (I thought these were interesting!)

Maggie Stiefvater

Kiersten White

Comment by Nikki Katz on January 22, 2012 at 11:22pm

Write what you know. 

"Every experience we have in our lives is a potential brush stroke on the canvas of our books. Even the most mundane activities can provide a handy nuance that we can apply to our writing so that our characters are rich, three dimensional beings to whom our readers will respond."

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Comment by Nikki Katz on January 3, 2012 at 7:37pm
 
 
 

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