Today I’m going to be talking about Jandy Nelson’s I’ll Give You The Sun. You have to read this book. Why?
I almost didn’t write this post, because the writing tip is quite an obvious one. But regardless of how many times we hear it, I still see the passive voice cropping up in otherwise well-written manuscripts–including my own. So let’s go over this!
Happy Friday!
So I’ve written a lot about what we can learn from the masterful writers who’ve come before us, focusing mainly on the first 250 words of the manuscript. Today I want to focus on something else: voice.
I wish I was on a beach somewhere, anywhere, instead of in the office today. That is all. Image taken by me on a beach near Cherbourg, France, March 2007.
It’s Tuesday, which means it’s time for a book review! Today: Before I Fall, by Lauren Oliver
Editing: an essential part of the writing process. From what I can tell, some people love it, and others love to hate it. I personally love editing my own work, taking that raw material and polishing it to a gleaming shine. But like any part of the writing process, editing comes with countless frustrations. There’s […]
Happy Friday! It’s been a crazy week for me, in the way I really think that weeks in July should not be. But here are three things (in addition to the image above) that helped get me through it:
It’s time for another installment of this! (Click here to find installments 1, 2, and 3.) You know how when you read advice on querying, they suggest comparing your manuscript to a published book? For my first manuscript, this was really hard to do–it’s a YA mystery, with some historical fiction, with some magical realism, with […]
Time to talk about one of my favorite places on earth… Do you like flowers? Of course you do. They’re beautiful and fragrant. Do you like Monet? How could you not? His paintings are beautiful. So I suggest you head to the place that feels like you’ve just stepped into one of his paintings: Giverny, in […]
