One of the best ways to smash through writer’s block and get a story finished is with an outline checklist.
Let’s make one together and see what it can look like!
Category: Getting Feedback
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) has ended, and there are a lot of people out there with finished first drafts of books.
First off, congratulations! Writing is a long, arduous process, and finishing the first draft is an important first step. But now you might be wondering, what do I do next?
Unfortunately, it’s time for the scariest thing imaginable: showing your work to other people.
Last week on Tips-y Tuesday we looked at how to schedule a hot date… with writing. This week I’d like to talk about something that I and many other writers dread doing: sharing our work with others.
I was inspired to write about this after reading a recent blog post at Operation Awesome. It was an interview with Brandon Ho, a screenwriter, where he talked about his journey going from “script to screen.” You can read the full post here.
There’s a lot to learn from Brandon’s words, but one part I really liked was this that he had to say about sharing your work: