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u9nmxq | writing_train | 0.88 | Any advice for a wannabe writer I'm 15 and I wanna be a writer, anything I can do? At school? Or at home? Like where should I start? | i5vx45b | i5t90ou | 1,650,727,122 | 1,650,669,191 | 2 | 1 | I started writing when I was 15. I didn’t do fanfictions but something similar called roleplay writing (rpg writing). You pretty much write on a website with other writers, as your own character and then they will answer with their character. It’s back and forth like in a conversation. Some pages are based on books/movies/shows like Harry Potter, stranger things or the like. Others have a real life setting. I’ve been doing that for over 12 years now and love it. If you can find something similar or even a friend to write with that could be of great help in terms of learning from one another, get inspiration and of course the fun. | 1. Read a lot! Read things that are similar to what you want to write, things you enjoy reading, new things, familiar things. It’s a fun way to “study” writing! 2. Share your writing! Join a writer’s workshop, attend a writer’s group, , attend a writing class, post fanfiction or poetry or whatever! It’s amazing to get feedback and talk things through with other people and see what they’re writing too. Getting constructive critism on my writing changed how i am as a writer for the better! 3. Have fun! Don’t put too much pressure on being a perfect writer or a piece needs to be perfect on the first go. I have written some “terrible shit” in the past and I am so grateful for it! Recently I reread a fanfic I wrote 10 years ago when I was 12. Compared to what I write now it was worlds away. But I didn’t cringe or hate it, I loved it! I’ve written poems that will never see the light of day. Scrapped drafts that I couldn’t make work. Writing can be work, but it’s so worth it if you let yourself have fun! Don’t worry about rules and expectations, do your thing! Good luck! | 1 | 57,931 | 2 | ||
u9nmxq | writing_train | 0.88 | Any advice for a wannabe writer I'm 15 and I wanna be a writer, anything I can do? At school? Or at home? Like where should I start? | i5taemw | i5vx45b | 1,650,669,827 | 1,650,727,122 | 1 | 2 | Read a lot of good books so that you can find your taste. At the same time, practice writing, write a diary, stories, anything. | I started writing when I was 15. I didn’t do fanfictions but something similar called roleplay writing (rpg writing). You pretty much write on a website with other writers, as your own character and then they will answer with their character. It’s back and forth like in a conversation. Some pages are based on books/movies/shows like Harry Potter, stranger things or the like. Others have a real life setting. I’ve been doing that for over 12 years now and love it. If you can find something similar or even a friend to write with that could be of great help in terms of learning from one another, get inspiration and of course the fun. | 0 | 57,295 | 2 | ||
u9nmxq | writing_train | 0.88 | Any advice for a wannabe writer I'm 15 and I wanna be a writer, anything I can do? At school? Or at home? Like where should I start? | i5tigus | i5vx45b | 1,650,673,595 | 1,650,727,122 | 1 | 2 | Write, write, write and under no circumstance do you delete or throw anything away....ever Trust few of your works | I started writing when I was 15. I didn’t do fanfictions but something similar called roleplay writing (rpg writing). You pretty much write on a website with other writers, as your own character and then they will answer with their character. It’s back and forth like in a conversation. Some pages are based on books/movies/shows like Harry Potter, stranger things or the like. Others have a real life setting. I’ve been doing that for over 12 years now and love it. If you can find something similar or even a friend to write with that could be of great help in terms of learning from one another, get inspiration and of course the fun. | 0 | 53,527 | 2 | ||
u9nmxq | writing_train | 0.88 | Any advice for a wannabe writer I'm 15 and I wanna be a writer, anything I can do? At school? Or at home? Like where should I start? | i5vx45b | i5tjcf0 | 1,650,727,122 | 1,650,674,006 | 2 | 1 | I started writing when I was 15. I didn’t do fanfictions but something similar called roleplay writing (rpg writing). You pretty much write on a website with other writers, as your own character and then they will answer with their character. It’s back and forth like in a conversation. Some pages are based on books/movies/shows like Harry Potter, stranger things or the like. Others have a real life setting. I’ve been doing that for over 12 years now and love it. If you can find something similar or even a friend to write with that could be of great help in terms of learning from one another, get inspiration and of course the fun. | (1) As you read writer after writer, do the following with those who resonate with you: https://www.artofmanliness.com/2014/03/26/want-to-become-a-better-writer-copy-the-work-of-others/ (2) Beware the bullshit of non-writing advice givers, many of whom are teachers and/or writers of books about writing. (3) Listen to Ray Bradbury: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_W-r7ABrMYU&ab\_channel=UniversityofCaliforniaTelevision%28UCTV%29 (4) Read all of Bradbury you can, especially DANDELION WINE and ZEN IN THE ART OF WRITING. He shows you how he did it, and it still works today. (5) Read WRITING INTO THE DARK by Dean Wesley Smith as a balance to all those future advice givers who will stress outlining. Your own best route will probably be somewhere in the middle. (6) Join the Facebook Group "20BooksTo50K" and take your time in learning how to become an indie publisher. Help others, make friends, and you will be helped in return. (7) Be humble and grateful for you successes and thank your god for the gifts you have been given in this life. (8) Have fun and enjoy the journey. | 1 | 53,116 | 2 | ||
u9nmxq | writing_train | 0.88 | Any advice for a wannabe writer I'm 15 and I wanna be a writer, anything I can do? At school? Or at home? Like where should I start? | i5vx45b | i5tjygw | 1,650,727,122 | 1,650,674,293 | 2 | 1 | I started writing when I was 15. I didn’t do fanfictions but something similar called roleplay writing (rpg writing). You pretty much write on a website with other writers, as your own character and then they will answer with their character. It’s back and forth like in a conversation. Some pages are based on books/movies/shows like Harry Potter, stranger things or the like. Others have a real life setting. I’ve been doing that for over 12 years now and love it. If you can find something similar or even a friend to write with that could be of great help in terms of learning from one another, get inspiration and of course the fun. | Don’t wanna be. Write. Find your metier. Are you a short story writer a novelist a poet or non fiction writer? find your area and develop it there’s a great book by Stephen King called on writing read that read Strunk and white the elements of style those are two good places to start | 1 | 52,829 | 2 | ||
u9nmxq | writing_train | 0.88 | Any advice for a wannabe writer I'm 15 and I wanna be a writer, anything I can do? At school? Or at home? Like where should I start? | i5vx45b | i5tvrst | 1,650,727,122 | 1,650,679,977 | 2 | 1 | I started writing when I was 15. I didn’t do fanfictions but something similar called roleplay writing (rpg writing). You pretty much write on a website with other writers, as your own character and then they will answer with their character. It’s back and forth like in a conversation. Some pages are based on books/movies/shows like Harry Potter, stranger things or the like. Others have a real life setting. I’ve been doing that for over 12 years now and love it. If you can find something similar or even a friend to write with that could be of great help in terms of learning from one another, get inspiration and of course the fun. | Write and then keep writing. Keep editing. Join a writers share and get your work critiqued. Learn how to critique others work and apply that knowledge to your own writing. Scribophile is a great place for that. It completely changed my writing and it's free. | 1 | 47,145 | 2 | ||
u9nmxq | writing_train | 0.88 | Any advice for a wannabe writer I'm 15 and I wanna be a writer, anything I can do? At school? Or at home? Like where should I start? | i5twrn8 | i5vx45b | 1,650,680,450 | 1,650,727,122 | 1 | 2 | Some things I find helpful: 1. Keep a list of the ideas that pop into your head. This can be a notebook, or a file in your phone, or whatever. Just somewhere you know that you can find it again. This has a threefold purpose: you can avoid forgetting cool things, you can reduce that urge to shove everything into one story, and you'll always have a resource you can turn to when you're not sure what to write. 2. Practice your writing with smaller stories you can complete in 1-3 sittings. Practice your outlining with somewhat longer ones, something you can finish in a few weeks, like a novella. Explore your massive magnum opus 12 book fantasy series or whatever -- whittle away at what you can -- but don't expect to accomplish it or even make serious progress on it within the next decade. 3. Stay organized. For real, it's so important. Future you will greatly appreciate it if you would *at least* keep all your writing, outlining, and brainstorming in one place. It doesn't have to be made there, but it should end up there. A private Google Drive folder where you dump text files, screenshots, and scans/photos is a totally acceptable place to start. 4. Don't share everything you write. Do share *some* things so that you can get used to criticism and get some feedback -- I recommend an anonymous account on a community writing site -- but allow yourself the right to mess around and explore. Write garbage nobody will see. Get it all out. You'll drive yourself mad trying to be a perfectionist from the start. 5. Work on your typing speed, take frequent breaks, and make sure your workstation is ergonomic. We spend a lot of time in front of the PC and are prone to injury because of it. That said, don't expect to be able to sit and write for three hours at a time if you've never sat that long at a computer or typed that much; you can work your way up to those more intense sessions. As one last & biased recommendation: make a distinction between your worldbuilding and plotting. (By worldbuilding, I mean all the "stuff" that happened in the world the story takes place in, not just the environment itself.) Not everything your characters go through will end up in the story, because a story is not just a play-by-play retelling of every event between points A and B. You'll probably cut canon scenes you really like because they mess up the pacing or change the tone of the story. That doesn't mean they didn't happen, and you might want to explore them in a future short about that character. But they're no longer a part of that particular story's plot. That sort of thing would live with your worldbuilding instead. You'll also know things about the characters that just never factor into the story. Maybe one character is really into the color red, but there's just no reason to mention it. That doesn't mean it's not a fun tidbit to know and use -- maybe the character can be in a red dress on the cover -- but again, it wouldn't live with the information actually used in the plot. I find this really clears my head and lets me focus on what's actually relevant to the story I'm currently working on. And characters/places take a while to develop, so you'll probably want to reuse them if you're writing shorter works anyway. Note that worldbuilding is a lot harder to organize because it's not linear; if you want app recommendations, just ask. | I started writing when I was 15. I didn’t do fanfictions but something similar called roleplay writing (rpg writing). You pretty much write on a website with other writers, as your own character and then they will answer with their character. It’s back and forth like in a conversation. Some pages are based on books/movies/shows like Harry Potter, stranger things or the like. Others have a real life setting. I’ve been doing that for over 12 years now and love it. If you can find something similar or even a friend to write with that could be of great help in terms of learning from one another, get inspiration and of course the fun. | 0 | 46,672 | 2 | ||
u9nmxq | writing_train | 0.88 | Any advice for a wannabe writer I'm 15 and I wanna be a writer, anything I can do? At school? Or at home? Like where should I start? | i5udepz | i5vx45b | 1,650,689,608 | 1,650,727,122 | 1 | 2 | Write a lot of stories, read books you love and try to fall in love with books that you don't like yet, and don't get married to your current writing... Always be ready to leave your current ability to commit heinous adultery with the you from the future that doesn't suck as much. | I started writing when I was 15. I didn’t do fanfictions but something similar called roleplay writing (rpg writing). You pretty much write on a website with other writers, as your own character and then they will answer with their character. It’s back and forth like in a conversation. Some pages are based on books/movies/shows like Harry Potter, stranger things or the like. Others have a real life setting. I’ve been doing that for over 12 years now and love it. If you can find something similar or even a friend to write with that could be of great help in terms of learning from one another, get inspiration and of course the fun. | 0 | 37,514 | 2 | ||
u9nmxq | writing_train | 0.88 | Any advice for a wannabe writer I'm 15 and I wanna be a writer, anything I can do? At school? Or at home? Like where should I start? | i5uqe9a | i5vx45b | 1,650,699,422 | 1,650,727,122 | 1 | 2 | Make writing a daily/weekly habit. | I started writing when I was 15. I didn’t do fanfictions but something similar called roleplay writing (rpg writing). You pretty much write on a website with other writers, as your own character and then they will answer with their character. It’s back and forth like in a conversation. Some pages are based on books/movies/shows like Harry Potter, stranger things or the like. Others have a real life setting. I’ve been doing that for over 12 years now and love it. If you can find something similar or even a friend to write with that could be of great help in terms of learning from one another, get inspiration and of course the fun. | 0 | 27,700 | 2 | ||
u9nmxq | writing_train | 0.88 | Any advice for a wannabe writer I'm 15 and I wanna be a writer, anything I can do? At school? Or at home? Like where should I start? | i5vx45b | i5utyy0 | 1,650,727,122 | 1,650,702,447 | 2 | 1 | I started writing when I was 15. I didn’t do fanfictions but something similar called roleplay writing (rpg writing). You pretty much write on a website with other writers, as your own character and then they will answer with their character. It’s back and forth like in a conversation. Some pages are based on books/movies/shows like Harry Potter, stranger things or the like. Others have a real life setting. I’ve been doing that for over 12 years now and love it. If you can find something similar or even a friend to write with that could be of great help in terms of learning from one another, get inspiration and of course the fun. | If this is the first time you're writing stories, the first thing to do is put words to paper/your word processor. Doesn't matter if it's a scrap of paper at school. Doesn't matter if it's fanfic in your phone notes app. Doesn't matter if it's in your smart calculator (and yes, I did this on my TI-84 during exams.) As long as you're putting words down, you're writing. And then you keep writing, and you do not stop. Everything else can come after that. Don't worry about technicalities now. Don't worry about plot. Or characters. Or story beats, software, techniques, editing, etc. All that can and will come later. | 1 | 24,675 | 2 | ||
u9nmxq | writing_train | 0.88 | Any advice for a wannabe writer I'm 15 and I wanna be a writer, anything I can do? At school? Or at home? Like where should I start? | i5vx45b | i5v1tzu | 1,650,727,122 | 1,650,709,338 | 2 | 1 | I started writing when I was 15. I didn’t do fanfictions but something similar called roleplay writing (rpg writing). You pretty much write on a website with other writers, as your own character and then they will answer with their character. It’s back and forth like in a conversation. Some pages are based on books/movies/shows like Harry Potter, stranger things or the like. Others have a real life setting. I’ve been doing that for over 12 years now and love it. If you can find something similar or even a friend to write with that could be of great help in terms of learning from one another, get inspiration and of course the fun. | You get an idea, you start writing it. | 1 | 17,784 | 2 | ||
u9nmxq | writing_train | 0.88 | Any advice for a wannabe writer I'm 15 and I wanna be a writer, anything I can do? At school? Or at home? Like where should I start? | i5vacgb | i5vx45b | 1,650,715,570 | 1,650,727,122 | 1 | 2 | Read and write. | I started writing when I was 15. I didn’t do fanfictions but something similar called roleplay writing (rpg writing). You pretty much write on a website with other writers, as your own character and then they will answer with their character. It’s back and forth like in a conversation. Some pages are based on books/movies/shows like Harry Potter, stranger things or the like. Others have a real life setting. I’ve been doing that for over 12 years now and love it. If you can find something similar or even a friend to write with that could be of great help in terms of learning from one another, get inspiration and of course the fun. | 0 | 11,552 | 2 | ||
u9nmxq | writing_train | 0.88 | Any advice for a wannabe writer I'm 15 and I wanna be a writer, anything I can do? At school? Or at home? Like where should I start? | i5vx45b | i5vdcg5 | 1,650,727,122 | 1,650,717,395 | 2 | 1 | I started writing when I was 15. I didn’t do fanfictions but something similar called roleplay writing (rpg writing). You pretty much write on a website with other writers, as your own character and then they will answer with their character. It’s back and forth like in a conversation. Some pages are based on books/movies/shows like Harry Potter, stranger things or the like. Others have a real life setting. I’ve been doing that for over 12 years now and love it. If you can find something similar or even a friend to write with that could be of great help in terms of learning from one another, get inspiration and of course the fun. | Like anything else you want to be good at, study and practice. Study simply by reading books by authors you like. While you're enjoying them you will also pick up clues on how to write. Maybe do an online course or watch some Masterclass videos. Practice by writing some short stories for yourself and keeping notes of any ideas you might have along the way. Eventually you will produce something that you're happy with. This happens when you put a piece of your writing aside for a few months and then read it fresh and think to yourself "Did I really write this? It's actually quite good". | 1 | 9,727 | 2 | ||
u9nmxq | writing_train | 0.88 | Any advice for a wannabe writer I'm 15 and I wanna be a writer, anything I can do? At school? Or at home? Like where should I start? | i5vx45b | i5vik3k | 1,650,727,122 | 1,650,720,211 | 2 | 1 | I started writing when I was 15. I didn’t do fanfictions but something similar called roleplay writing (rpg writing). You pretty much write on a website with other writers, as your own character and then they will answer with their character. It’s back and forth like in a conversation. Some pages are based on books/movies/shows like Harry Potter, stranger things or the like. Others have a real life setting. I’ve been doing that for over 12 years now and love it. If you can find something similar or even a friend to write with that could be of great help in terms of learning from one another, get inspiration and of course the fun. | Just write and read and write some more. | 1 | 6,911 | 2 | ||
u9nmxq | writing_train | 0.88 | Any advice for a wannabe writer I'm 15 and I wanna be a writer, anything I can do? At school? Or at home? Like where should I start? | i5vleq4 | i5vx45b | 1,650,721,678 | 1,650,727,122 | 1 | 2 | write. | I started writing when I was 15. I didn’t do fanfictions but something similar called roleplay writing (rpg writing). You pretty much write on a website with other writers, as your own character and then they will answer with their character. It’s back and forth like in a conversation. Some pages are based on books/movies/shows like Harry Potter, stranger things or the like. Others have a real life setting. I’ve been doing that for over 12 years now and love it. If you can find something similar or even a friend to write with that could be of great help in terms of learning from one another, get inspiration and of course the fun. | 0 | 5,444 | 2 | ||
u9nmxq | writing_train | 0.88 | Any advice for a wannabe writer I'm 15 and I wanna be a writer, anything I can do? At school? Or at home? Like where should I start? | i5t41v1 | i5tv3z3 | 1,650,666,936 | 1,650,679,651 | 0 | 1 | Read more than you write. Set a daily writing goal and keep it. | Get a good mentor! I have an author friend that is mentoring and advising me as I write my first sci fi novel. | 0 | 12,715 | 1,000 | ||
u9nmxq | writing_train | 0.88 | Any advice for a wannabe writer I'm 15 and I wanna be a writer, anything I can do? At school? Or at home? Like where should I start? | i5t90ou | i5t41v1 | 1,650,669,191 | 1,650,666,936 | 1 | 0 | 1. Read a lot! Read things that are similar to what you want to write, things you enjoy reading, new things, familiar things. It’s a fun way to “study” writing! 2. Share your writing! Join a writer’s workshop, attend a writer’s group, , attend a writing class, post fanfiction or poetry or whatever! It’s amazing to get feedback and talk things through with other people and see what they’re writing too. Getting constructive critism on my writing changed how i am as a writer for the better! 3. Have fun! Don’t put too much pressure on being a perfect writer or a piece needs to be perfect on the first go. I have written some “terrible shit” in the past and I am so grateful for it! Recently I reread a fanfic I wrote 10 years ago when I was 12. Compared to what I write now it was worlds away. But I didn’t cringe or hate it, I loved it! I’ve written poems that will never see the light of day. Scrapped drafts that I couldn’t make work. Writing can be work, but it’s so worth it if you let yourself have fun! Don’t worry about rules and expectations, do your thing! Good luck! | Read more than you write. Set a daily writing goal and keep it. | 1 | 2,255 | 1,000 | ||
u9nmxq | writing_train | 0.88 | Any advice for a wannabe writer I'm 15 and I wanna be a writer, anything I can do? At school? Or at home? Like where should I start? | i5taemw | i5t41v1 | 1,650,669,827 | 1,650,666,936 | 1 | 0 | Read a lot of good books so that you can find your taste. At the same time, practice writing, write a diary, stories, anything. | Read more than you write. Set a daily writing goal and keep it. | 1 | 2,891 | 1,000 | ||
u9nmxq | writing_train | 0.88 | Any advice for a wannabe writer I'm 15 and I wanna be a writer, anything I can do? At school? Or at home? Like where should I start? | i5tigus | i5t41v1 | 1,650,673,595 | 1,650,666,936 | 1 | 0 | Write, write, write and under no circumstance do you delete or throw anything away....ever Trust few of your works | Read more than you write. Set a daily writing goal and keep it. | 1 | 6,659 | 1,000 | ||
u9nmxq | writing_train | 0.88 | Any advice for a wannabe writer I'm 15 and I wanna be a writer, anything I can do? At school? Or at home? Like where should I start? | i5tjcf0 | i5t41v1 | 1,650,674,006 | 1,650,666,936 | 1 | 0 | (1) As you read writer after writer, do the following with those who resonate with you: https://www.artofmanliness.com/2014/03/26/want-to-become-a-better-writer-copy-the-work-of-others/ (2) Beware the bullshit of non-writing advice givers, many of whom are teachers and/or writers of books about writing. (3) Listen to Ray Bradbury: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_W-r7ABrMYU&ab\_channel=UniversityofCaliforniaTelevision%28UCTV%29 (4) Read all of Bradbury you can, especially DANDELION WINE and ZEN IN THE ART OF WRITING. He shows you how he did it, and it still works today. (5) Read WRITING INTO THE DARK by Dean Wesley Smith as a balance to all those future advice givers who will stress outlining. Your own best route will probably be somewhere in the middle. (6) Join the Facebook Group "20BooksTo50K" and take your time in learning how to become an indie publisher. Help others, make friends, and you will be helped in return. (7) Be humble and grateful for you successes and thank your god for the gifts you have been given in this life. (8) Have fun and enjoy the journey. | Read more than you write. Set a daily writing goal and keep it. | 1 | 7,070 | 1,000 | ||
u9nmxq | writing_train | 0.88 | Any advice for a wannabe writer I'm 15 and I wanna be a writer, anything I can do? At school? Or at home? Like where should I start? | i5tjygw | i5t41v1 | 1,650,674,293 | 1,650,666,936 | 1 | 0 | Don’t wanna be. Write. Find your metier. Are you a short story writer a novelist a poet or non fiction writer? find your area and develop it there’s a great book by Stephen King called on writing read that read Strunk and white the elements of style those are two good places to start | Read more than you write. Set a daily writing goal and keep it. | 1 | 7,357 | 1,000 | ||
u9nmxq | writing_train | 0.88 | Any advice for a wannabe writer I'm 15 and I wanna be a writer, anything I can do? At school? Or at home? Like where should I start? | i5t41v1 | i5tvrst | 1,650,666,936 | 1,650,679,977 | 0 | 1 | Read more than you write. Set a daily writing goal and keep it. | Write and then keep writing. Keep editing. Join a writers share and get your work critiqued. Learn how to critique others work and apply that knowledge to your own writing. Scribophile is a great place for that. It completely changed my writing and it's free. | 0 | 13,041 | 1,000 | ||
u9nmxq | writing_train | 0.88 | Any advice for a wannabe writer I'm 15 and I wanna be a writer, anything I can do? At school? Or at home? Like where should I start? | i5t41v1 | i5twrn8 | 1,650,666,936 | 1,650,680,450 | 0 | 1 | Read more than you write. Set a daily writing goal and keep it. | Some things I find helpful: 1. Keep a list of the ideas that pop into your head. This can be a notebook, or a file in your phone, or whatever. Just somewhere you know that you can find it again. This has a threefold purpose: you can avoid forgetting cool things, you can reduce that urge to shove everything into one story, and you'll always have a resource you can turn to when you're not sure what to write. 2. Practice your writing with smaller stories you can complete in 1-3 sittings. Practice your outlining with somewhat longer ones, something you can finish in a few weeks, like a novella. Explore your massive magnum opus 12 book fantasy series or whatever -- whittle away at what you can -- but don't expect to accomplish it or even make serious progress on it within the next decade. 3. Stay organized. For real, it's so important. Future you will greatly appreciate it if you would *at least* keep all your writing, outlining, and brainstorming in one place. It doesn't have to be made there, but it should end up there. A private Google Drive folder where you dump text files, screenshots, and scans/photos is a totally acceptable place to start. 4. Don't share everything you write. Do share *some* things so that you can get used to criticism and get some feedback -- I recommend an anonymous account on a community writing site -- but allow yourself the right to mess around and explore. Write garbage nobody will see. Get it all out. You'll drive yourself mad trying to be a perfectionist from the start. 5. Work on your typing speed, take frequent breaks, and make sure your workstation is ergonomic. We spend a lot of time in front of the PC and are prone to injury because of it. That said, don't expect to be able to sit and write for three hours at a time if you've never sat that long at a computer or typed that much; you can work your way up to those more intense sessions. As one last & biased recommendation: make a distinction between your worldbuilding and plotting. (By worldbuilding, I mean all the "stuff" that happened in the world the story takes place in, not just the environment itself.) Not everything your characters go through will end up in the story, because a story is not just a play-by-play retelling of every event between points A and B. You'll probably cut canon scenes you really like because they mess up the pacing or change the tone of the story. That doesn't mean they didn't happen, and you might want to explore them in a future short about that character. But they're no longer a part of that particular story's plot. That sort of thing would live with your worldbuilding instead. You'll also know things about the characters that just never factor into the story. Maybe one character is really into the color red, but there's just no reason to mention it. That doesn't mean it's not a fun tidbit to know and use -- maybe the character can be in a red dress on the cover -- but again, it wouldn't live with the information actually used in the plot. I find this really clears my head and lets me focus on what's actually relevant to the story I'm currently working on. And characters/places take a while to develop, so you'll probably want to reuse them if you're writing shorter works anyway. Note that worldbuilding is a lot harder to organize because it's not linear; if you want app recommendations, just ask. | 0 | 13,514 | 1,000 | ||
u9nmxq | writing_train | 0.88 | Any advice for a wannabe writer I'm 15 and I wanna be a writer, anything I can do? At school? Or at home? Like where should I start? | i5udepz | i5t41v1 | 1,650,689,608 | 1,650,666,936 | 1 | 0 | Write a lot of stories, read books you love and try to fall in love with books that you don't like yet, and don't get married to your current writing... Always be ready to leave your current ability to commit heinous adultery with the you from the future that doesn't suck as much. | Read more than you write. Set a daily writing goal and keep it. | 1 | 22,672 | 1,000 | ||
u9nmxq | writing_train | 0.88 | Any advice for a wannabe writer I'm 15 and I wanna be a writer, anything I can do? At school? Or at home? Like where should I start? | i5t41v1 | i5uqe9a | 1,650,666,936 | 1,650,699,422 | 0 | 1 | Read more than you write. Set a daily writing goal and keep it. | Make writing a daily/weekly habit. | 0 | 32,486 | 1,000 | ||
u9nmxq | writing_train | 0.88 | Any advice for a wannabe writer I'm 15 and I wanna be a writer, anything I can do? At school? Or at home? Like where should I start? | i5utyy0 | i5t41v1 | 1,650,702,447 | 1,650,666,936 | 1 | 0 | If this is the first time you're writing stories, the first thing to do is put words to paper/your word processor. Doesn't matter if it's a scrap of paper at school. Doesn't matter if it's fanfic in your phone notes app. Doesn't matter if it's in your smart calculator (and yes, I did this on my TI-84 during exams.) As long as you're putting words down, you're writing. And then you keep writing, and you do not stop. Everything else can come after that. Don't worry about technicalities now. Don't worry about plot. Or characters. Or story beats, software, techniques, editing, etc. All that can and will come later. | Read more than you write. Set a daily writing goal and keep it. | 1 | 35,511 | 1,000 | ||
u9nmxq | writing_train | 0.88 | Any advice for a wannabe writer I'm 15 and I wanna be a writer, anything I can do? At school? Or at home? Like where should I start? | i5v1tzu | i5t41v1 | 1,650,709,338 | 1,650,666,936 | 1 | 0 | You get an idea, you start writing it. | Read more than you write. Set a daily writing goal and keep it. | 1 | 42,402 | 1,000 | ||
u9nmxq | writing_train | 0.88 | Any advice for a wannabe writer I'm 15 and I wanna be a writer, anything I can do? At school? Or at home? Like where should I start? | i5vacgb | i5t41v1 | 1,650,715,570 | 1,650,666,936 | 1 | 0 | Read and write. | Read more than you write. Set a daily writing goal and keep it. | 1 | 48,634 | 1,000 | ||
u9nmxq | writing_train | 0.88 | Any advice for a wannabe writer I'm 15 and I wanna be a writer, anything I can do? At school? Or at home? Like where should I start? | i5vdcg5 | i5t41v1 | 1,650,717,395 | 1,650,666,936 | 1 | 0 | Like anything else you want to be good at, study and practice. Study simply by reading books by authors you like. While you're enjoying them you will also pick up clues on how to write. Maybe do an online course or watch some Masterclass videos. Practice by writing some short stories for yourself and keeping notes of any ideas you might have along the way. Eventually you will produce something that you're happy with. This happens when you put a piece of your writing aside for a few months and then read it fresh and think to yourself "Did I really write this? It's actually quite good". | Read more than you write. Set a daily writing goal and keep it. | 1 | 50,459 | 1,000 | ||
u9nmxq | writing_train | 0.88 | Any advice for a wannabe writer I'm 15 and I wanna be a writer, anything I can do? At school? Or at home? Like where should I start? | i5vik3k | i5t41v1 | 1,650,720,211 | 1,650,666,936 | 1 | 0 | Just write and read and write some more. | Read more than you write. Set a daily writing goal and keep it. | 1 | 53,275 | 1,000 | ||
u9nmxq | writing_train | 0.88 | Any advice for a wannabe writer I'm 15 and I wanna be a writer, anything I can do? At school? Or at home? Like where should I start? | i5vleq4 | i5t41v1 | 1,650,721,678 | 1,650,666,936 | 1 | 0 | write. | Read more than you write. Set a daily writing goal and keep it. | 1 | 54,742 | 1,000 | ||
u9nmxq | writing_train | 0.88 | Any advice for a wannabe writer I'm 15 and I wanna be a writer, anything I can do? At school? Or at home? Like where should I start? | i5vxrck | i5t41v1 | 1,650,727,404 | 1,650,666,936 | 1 | 0 | My best advice is to read. Read as much as you possibly can. Not only read good books but read bad books too. I would also recommend looking for some creative writing classes in your school or your town. Connect with other writers you know, and get critiques. Finally, don't knock yourself down if you think a story or poem didn't go as planned. That's the exact motivation you need to get better. Nobody is perfect when they first try something. It's the feedback and practice that will make you better as you go. I wish you the best of luck! | Read more than you write. Set a daily writing goal and keep it. | 1 | 60,468 | 1,000 | ||
u9nmxq | writing_train | 0.88 | Any advice for a wannabe writer I'm 15 and I wanna be a writer, anything I can do? At school? Or at home? Like where should I start? | i5w97i3 | i5t41v1 | 1,650,732,458 | 1,650,666,936 | 1 | 0 | Write what you love and don't try to be anyone but yourself. A good but hard lesson I had to learn. | Read more than you write. Set a daily writing goal and keep it. | 1 | 65,522 | 1,000 | ||
kszp6m | writing_train | 0.99 | Hugh Howey (multi-million $ indie writer of Wool) Wrote an Absolutely Massive Advice Post for New Writers Covering it All - Writing + Drafting + Revising + Publishing Howey's post is absolutely massive. He calls it "just 40 insights" but each insight ranges from a page to a chapter in length. I read it all, and even though I've been writing for some years now, I still found new nuggets of information. If you don't know who Hugh Howey is, he self-pubbed his stories, made it big on the Kindle, got picked up by Simon & Schuster without even submitting to them (i.e. trad pub came to him, asking for permission to publish him), and did some crazy things in promotion, like handing out his entire book on a business-card-looking USB stick to fans at conventions. He knows what he's talking about. If you're starting out, and especially if you're a plotter and want advice on how to be effective, then Howey's posts are for you (be advised, they're big, this could easily have been a writing advice book): Part 1 - Writing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-one-becoming-a-writer/ Part 2 - Drafting: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-two-the-rough-draft/ Part 3 - Revising: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-three-the-revision-process/ Part 4 - Publishing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-four-publishing-your-book/ | gijnbb5 | gij885m | 1,610,117,663 | 1,610,107,897 | 376 | 43 | "The best way to kill your chances as a writer is to attempt to write like one. We all fall into this trap. When pounding out a Facebook post, or a comment on a forum, or an email to a friend, we write like the wind. The words tumble right out, and the meaning we hope to convey is succinct and clear. And then, when we sit down to write a novel, **we trip over our words as we try too hard to sound like someone we aren’t.** I don’t know why we do this in the beginning, but the sooner we get over the impulse, the better. Write that rough draft as though you’re composing an email to a friend about a story you heard. Use your own voice. The subtleties and nuances of this voice will grow over time. For now, keep it simple. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be creative, or witty, or use the fullness of your vocabulary. It just means that you shouldn’t strain yourself as you write your rough draft. You shouldn’t try too hard to be flashy." Wow, did I ever need to read this! I've been struggling with this SO much. I write a lot for my job every day, but when I sit down to write on my novel, it suddenly feels like pulling teeth. I need to embrace my casual voice and just go with it. | Thank you for sharing this! I just finished reading Wool and I discovered I love his style of writing. | 1 | 9,766 | 8.744186 | ||
kszp6m | writing_train | 0.99 | Hugh Howey (multi-million $ indie writer of Wool) Wrote an Absolutely Massive Advice Post for New Writers Covering it All - Writing + Drafting + Revising + Publishing Howey's post is absolutely massive. He calls it "just 40 insights" but each insight ranges from a page to a chapter in length. I read it all, and even though I've been writing for some years now, I still found new nuggets of information. If you don't know who Hugh Howey is, he self-pubbed his stories, made it big on the Kindle, got picked up by Simon & Schuster without even submitting to them (i.e. trad pub came to him, asking for permission to publish him), and did some crazy things in promotion, like handing out his entire book on a business-card-looking USB stick to fans at conventions. He knows what he's talking about. If you're starting out, and especially if you're a plotter and want advice on how to be effective, then Howey's posts are for you (be advised, they're big, this could easily have been a writing advice book): Part 1 - Writing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-one-becoming-a-writer/ Part 2 - Drafting: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-two-the-rough-draft/ Part 3 - Revising: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-three-the-revision-process/ Part 4 - Publishing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-four-publishing-your-book/ | gij2nq3 | gijnbb5 | 1,610,102,638 | 1,610,117,663 | 24 | 376 | This actually good and insightful, not the same old platitudes masquerading as insight that usually get posted here. Great read! | "The best way to kill your chances as a writer is to attempt to write like one. We all fall into this trap. When pounding out a Facebook post, or a comment on a forum, or an email to a friend, we write like the wind. The words tumble right out, and the meaning we hope to convey is succinct and clear. And then, when we sit down to write a novel, **we trip over our words as we try too hard to sound like someone we aren’t.** I don’t know why we do this in the beginning, but the sooner we get over the impulse, the better. Write that rough draft as though you’re composing an email to a friend about a story you heard. Use your own voice. The subtleties and nuances of this voice will grow over time. For now, keep it simple. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be creative, or witty, or use the fullness of your vocabulary. It just means that you shouldn’t strain yourself as you write your rough draft. You shouldn’t try too hard to be flashy." Wow, did I ever need to read this! I've been struggling with this SO much. I write a lot for my job every day, but when I sit down to write on my novel, it suddenly feels like pulling teeth. I need to embrace my casual voice and just go with it. | 0 | 15,025 | 15.666667 | ||
kszp6m | writing_train | 0.99 | Hugh Howey (multi-million $ indie writer of Wool) Wrote an Absolutely Massive Advice Post for New Writers Covering it All - Writing + Drafting + Revising + Publishing Howey's post is absolutely massive. He calls it "just 40 insights" but each insight ranges from a page to a chapter in length. I read it all, and even though I've been writing for some years now, I still found new nuggets of information. If you don't know who Hugh Howey is, he self-pubbed his stories, made it big on the Kindle, got picked up by Simon & Schuster without even submitting to them (i.e. trad pub came to him, asking for permission to publish him), and did some crazy things in promotion, like handing out his entire book on a business-card-looking USB stick to fans at conventions. He knows what he's talking about. If you're starting out, and especially if you're a plotter and want advice on how to be effective, then Howey's posts are for you (be advised, they're big, this could easily have been a writing advice book): Part 1 - Writing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-one-becoming-a-writer/ Part 2 - Drafting: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-two-the-rough-draft/ Part 3 - Revising: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-three-the-revision-process/ Part 4 - Publishing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-four-publishing-your-book/ | gijnbb5 | gij8c04 | 1,610,117,663 | 1,610,107,990 | 376 | 22 | "The best way to kill your chances as a writer is to attempt to write like one. We all fall into this trap. When pounding out a Facebook post, or a comment on a forum, or an email to a friend, we write like the wind. The words tumble right out, and the meaning we hope to convey is succinct and clear. And then, when we sit down to write a novel, **we trip over our words as we try too hard to sound like someone we aren’t.** I don’t know why we do this in the beginning, but the sooner we get over the impulse, the better. Write that rough draft as though you’re composing an email to a friend about a story you heard. Use your own voice. The subtleties and nuances of this voice will grow over time. For now, keep it simple. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be creative, or witty, or use the fullness of your vocabulary. It just means that you shouldn’t strain yourself as you write your rough draft. You shouldn’t try too hard to be flashy." Wow, did I ever need to read this! I've been struggling with this SO much. I write a lot for my job every day, but when I sit down to write on my novel, it suddenly feels like pulling teeth. I need to embrace my casual voice and just go with it. | Thanks for the share! Love his advice on BOOKMARKing scenes in your rough draft so you don't lose momentum. | 1 | 9,673 | 17.090909 | ||
kszp6m | writing_train | 0.99 | Hugh Howey (multi-million $ indie writer of Wool) Wrote an Absolutely Massive Advice Post for New Writers Covering it All - Writing + Drafting + Revising + Publishing Howey's post is absolutely massive. He calls it "just 40 insights" but each insight ranges from a page to a chapter in length. I read it all, and even though I've been writing for some years now, I still found new nuggets of information. If you don't know who Hugh Howey is, he self-pubbed his stories, made it big on the Kindle, got picked up by Simon & Schuster without even submitting to them (i.e. trad pub came to him, asking for permission to publish him), and did some crazy things in promotion, like handing out his entire book on a business-card-looking USB stick to fans at conventions. He knows what he's talking about. If you're starting out, and especially if you're a plotter and want advice on how to be effective, then Howey's posts are for you (be advised, they're big, this could easily have been a writing advice book): Part 1 - Writing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-one-becoming-a-writer/ Part 2 - Drafting: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-two-the-rough-draft/ Part 3 - Revising: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-three-the-revision-process/ Part 4 - Publishing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-four-publishing-your-book/ | gij94qi | gijnbb5 | 1,610,108,667 | 1,610,117,663 | 17 | 376 | This is the most helpful article series I have ever read! | "The best way to kill your chances as a writer is to attempt to write like one. We all fall into this trap. When pounding out a Facebook post, or a comment on a forum, or an email to a friend, we write like the wind. The words tumble right out, and the meaning we hope to convey is succinct and clear. And then, when we sit down to write a novel, **we trip over our words as we try too hard to sound like someone we aren’t.** I don’t know why we do this in the beginning, but the sooner we get over the impulse, the better. Write that rough draft as though you’re composing an email to a friend about a story you heard. Use your own voice. The subtleties and nuances of this voice will grow over time. For now, keep it simple. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be creative, or witty, or use the fullness of your vocabulary. It just means that you shouldn’t strain yourself as you write your rough draft. You shouldn’t try too hard to be flashy." Wow, did I ever need to read this! I've been struggling with this SO much. I write a lot for my job every day, but when I sit down to write on my novel, it suddenly feels like pulling teeth. I need to embrace my casual voice and just go with it. | 0 | 8,996 | 22.117647 | ||
kszp6m | writing_train | 0.99 | Hugh Howey (multi-million $ indie writer of Wool) Wrote an Absolutely Massive Advice Post for New Writers Covering it All - Writing + Drafting + Revising + Publishing Howey's post is absolutely massive. He calls it "just 40 insights" but each insight ranges from a page to a chapter in length. I read it all, and even though I've been writing for some years now, I still found new nuggets of information. If you don't know who Hugh Howey is, he self-pubbed his stories, made it big on the Kindle, got picked up by Simon & Schuster without even submitting to them (i.e. trad pub came to him, asking for permission to publish him), and did some crazy things in promotion, like handing out his entire book on a business-card-looking USB stick to fans at conventions. He knows what he's talking about. If you're starting out, and especially if you're a plotter and want advice on how to be effective, then Howey's posts are for you (be advised, they're big, this could easily have been a writing advice book): Part 1 - Writing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-one-becoming-a-writer/ Part 2 - Drafting: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-two-the-rough-draft/ Part 3 - Revising: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-three-the-revision-process/ Part 4 - Publishing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-four-publishing-your-book/ | gijnbb5 | gijdqix | 1,610,117,663 | 1,610,112,096 | 376 | 7 | "The best way to kill your chances as a writer is to attempt to write like one. We all fall into this trap. When pounding out a Facebook post, or a comment on a forum, or an email to a friend, we write like the wind. The words tumble right out, and the meaning we hope to convey is succinct and clear. And then, when we sit down to write a novel, **we trip over our words as we try too hard to sound like someone we aren’t.** I don’t know why we do this in the beginning, but the sooner we get over the impulse, the better. Write that rough draft as though you’re composing an email to a friend about a story you heard. Use your own voice. The subtleties and nuances of this voice will grow over time. For now, keep it simple. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be creative, or witty, or use the fullness of your vocabulary. It just means that you shouldn’t strain yourself as you write your rough draft. You shouldn’t try too hard to be flashy." Wow, did I ever need to read this! I've been struggling with this SO much. I write a lot for my job every day, but when I sit down to write on my novel, it suddenly feels like pulling teeth. I need to embrace my casual voice and just go with it. | Hugh Howey is an inspiration | 1 | 5,567 | 53.714286 | ||
kszp6m | writing_train | 0.99 | Hugh Howey (multi-million $ indie writer of Wool) Wrote an Absolutely Massive Advice Post for New Writers Covering it All - Writing + Drafting + Revising + Publishing Howey's post is absolutely massive. He calls it "just 40 insights" but each insight ranges from a page to a chapter in length. I read it all, and even though I've been writing for some years now, I still found new nuggets of information. If you don't know who Hugh Howey is, he self-pubbed his stories, made it big on the Kindle, got picked up by Simon & Schuster without even submitting to them (i.e. trad pub came to him, asking for permission to publish him), and did some crazy things in promotion, like handing out his entire book on a business-card-looking USB stick to fans at conventions. He knows what he's talking about. If you're starting out, and especially if you're a plotter and want advice on how to be effective, then Howey's posts are for you (be advised, they're big, this could easily have been a writing advice book): Part 1 - Writing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-one-becoming-a-writer/ Part 2 - Drafting: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-two-the-rough-draft/ Part 3 - Revising: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-three-the-revision-process/ Part 4 - Publishing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-four-publishing-your-book/ | gijevn2 | gijnbb5 | 1,610,112,837 | 1,610,117,663 | 7 | 376 | One of my favorite authors! This is wonderful. | "The best way to kill your chances as a writer is to attempt to write like one. We all fall into this trap. When pounding out a Facebook post, or a comment on a forum, or an email to a friend, we write like the wind. The words tumble right out, and the meaning we hope to convey is succinct and clear. And then, when we sit down to write a novel, **we trip over our words as we try too hard to sound like someone we aren’t.** I don’t know why we do this in the beginning, but the sooner we get over the impulse, the better. Write that rough draft as though you’re composing an email to a friend about a story you heard. Use your own voice. The subtleties and nuances of this voice will grow over time. For now, keep it simple. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be creative, or witty, or use the fullness of your vocabulary. It just means that you shouldn’t strain yourself as you write your rough draft. You shouldn’t try too hard to be flashy." Wow, did I ever need to read this! I've been struggling with this SO much. I write a lot for my job every day, but when I sit down to write on my novel, it suddenly feels like pulling teeth. I need to embrace my casual voice and just go with it. | 0 | 4,826 | 53.714286 | ||
kszp6m | writing_train | 0.99 | Hugh Howey (multi-million $ indie writer of Wool) Wrote an Absolutely Massive Advice Post for New Writers Covering it All - Writing + Drafting + Revising + Publishing Howey's post is absolutely massive. He calls it "just 40 insights" but each insight ranges from a page to a chapter in length. I read it all, and even though I've been writing for some years now, I still found new nuggets of information. If you don't know who Hugh Howey is, he self-pubbed his stories, made it big on the Kindle, got picked up by Simon & Schuster without even submitting to them (i.e. trad pub came to him, asking for permission to publish him), and did some crazy things in promotion, like handing out his entire book on a business-card-looking USB stick to fans at conventions. He knows what he's talking about. If you're starting out, and especially if you're a plotter and want advice on how to be effective, then Howey's posts are for you (be advised, they're big, this could easily have been a writing advice book): Part 1 - Writing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-one-becoming-a-writer/ Part 2 - Drafting: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-two-the-rough-draft/ Part 3 - Revising: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-three-the-revision-process/ Part 4 - Publishing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-four-publishing-your-book/ | gijnbb5 | gijfyzk | 1,610,117,663 | 1,610,113,522 | 376 | 7 | "The best way to kill your chances as a writer is to attempt to write like one. We all fall into this trap. When pounding out a Facebook post, or a comment on a forum, or an email to a friend, we write like the wind. The words tumble right out, and the meaning we hope to convey is succinct and clear. And then, when we sit down to write a novel, **we trip over our words as we try too hard to sound like someone we aren’t.** I don’t know why we do this in the beginning, but the sooner we get over the impulse, the better. Write that rough draft as though you’re composing an email to a friend about a story you heard. Use your own voice. The subtleties and nuances of this voice will grow over time. For now, keep it simple. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be creative, or witty, or use the fullness of your vocabulary. It just means that you shouldn’t strain yourself as you write your rough draft. You shouldn’t try too hard to be flashy." Wow, did I ever need to read this! I've been struggling with this SO much. I write a lot for my job every day, but when I sit down to write on my novel, it suddenly feels like pulling teeth. I need to embrace my casual voice and just go with it. | how generous of him to write this! Thank you for sharing this! | 1 | 4,141 | 53.714286 | ||
kszp6m | writing_train | 0.99 | Hugh Howey (multi-million $ indie writer of Wool) Wrote an Absolutely Massive Advice Post for New Writers Covering it All - Writing + Drafting + Revising + Publishing Howey's post is absolutely massive. He calls it "just 40 insights" but each insight ranges from a page to a chapter in length. I read it all, and even though I've been writing for some years now, I still found new nuggets of information. If you don't know who Hugh Howey is, he self-pubbed his stories, made it big on the Kindle, got picked up by Simon & Schuster without even submitting to them (i.e. trad pub came to him, asking for permission to publish him), and did some crazy things in promotion, like handing out his entire book on a business-card-looking USB stick to fans at conventions. He knows what he's talking about. If you're starting out, and especially if you're a plotter and want advice on how to be effective, then Howey's posts are for you (be advised, they're big, this could easily have been a writing advice book): Part 1 - Writing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-one-becoming-a-writer/ Part 2 - Drafting: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-two-the-rough-draft/ Part 3 - Revising: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-three-the-revision-process/ Part 4 - Publishing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-four-publishing-your-book/ | gijnbb5 | gijn4gf | 1,610,117,663 | 1,610,117,566 | 376 | 7 | "The best way to kill your chances as a writer is to attempt to write like one. We all fall into this trap. When pounding out a Facebook post, or a comment on a forum, or an email to a friend, we write like the wind. The words tumble right out, and the meaning we hope to convey is succinct and clear. And then, when we sit down to write a novel, **we trip over our words as we try too hard to sound like someone we aren’t.** I don’t know why we do this in the beginning, but the sooner we get over the impulse, the better. Write that rough draft as though you’re composing an email to a friend about a story you heard. Use your own voice. The subtleties and nuances of this voice will grow over time. For now, keep it simple. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be creative, or witty, or use the fullness of your vocabulary. It just means that you shouldn’t strain yourself as you write your rough draft. You shouldn’t try too hard to be flashy." Wow, did I ever need to read this! I've been struggling with this SO much. I write a lot for my job every day, but when I sit down to write on my novel, it suddenly feels like pulling teeth. I need to embrace my casual voice and just go with it. | Even the way he writes these articles is artistic and has its own voice. I've been on this sub for years and this is the single best and most comprehensive thing shared on the craft. | 1 | 97 | 53.714286 | ||
kszp6m | writing_train | 0.99 | Hugh Howey (multi-million $ indie writer of Wool) Wrote an Absolutely Massive Advice Post for New Writers Covering it All - Writing + Drafting + Revising + Publishing Howey's post is absolutely massive. He calls it "just 40 insights" but each insight ranges from a page to a chapter in length. I read it all, and even though I've been writing for some years now, I still found new nuggets of information. If you don't know who Hugh Howey is, he self-pubbed his stories, made it big on the Kindle, got picked up by Simon & Schuster without even submitting to them (i.e. trad pub came to him, asking for permission to publish him), and did some crazy things in promotion, like handing out his entire book on a business-card-looking USB stick to fans at conventions. He knows what he's talking about. If you're starting out, and especially if you're a plotter and want advice on how to be effective, then Howey's posts are for you (be advised, they're big, this could easily have been a writing advice book): Part 1 - Writing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-one-becoming-a-writer/ Part 2 - Drafting: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-two-the-rough-draft/ Part 3 - Revising: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-three-the-revision-process/ Part 4 - Publishing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-four-publishing-your-book/ | gijnbb5 | gij6ffo | 1,610,117,663 | 1,610,106,271 | 376 | 4 | "The best way to kill your chances as a writer is to attempt to write like one. We all fall into this trap. When pounding out a Facebook post, or a comment on a forum, or an email to a friend, we write like the wind. The words tumble right out, and the meaning we hope to convey is succinct and clear. And then, when we sit down to write a novel, **we trip over our words as we try too hard to sound like someone we aren’t.** I don’t know why we do this in the beginning, but the sooner we get over the impulse, the better. Write that rough draft as though you’re composing an email to a friend about a story you heard. Use your own voice. The subtleties and nuances of this voice will grow over time. For now, keep it simple. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be creative, or witty, or use the fullness of your vocabulary. It just means that you shouldn’t strain yourself as you write your rough draft. You shouldn’t try too hard to be flashy." Wow, did I ever need to read this! I've been struggling with this SO much. I write a lot for my job every day, but when I sit down to write on my novel, it suddenly feels like pulling teeth. I need to embrace my casual voice and just go with it. | this is nice | 1 | 11,392 | 94 | ||
kszp6m | writing_train | 0.99 | Hugh Howey (multi-million $ indie writer of Wool) Wrote an Absolutely Massive Advice Post for New Writers Covering it All - Writing + Drafting + Revising + Publishing Howey's post is absolutely massive. He calls it "just 40 insights" but each insight ranges from a page to a chapter in length. I read it all, and even though I've been writing for some years now, I still found new nuggets of information. If you don't know who Hugh Howey is, he self-pubbed his stories, made it big on the Kindle, got picked up by Simon & Schuster without even submitting to them (i.e. trad pub came to him, asking for permission to publish him), and did some crazy things in promotion, like handing out his entire book on a business-card-looking USB stick to fans at conventions. He knows what he's talking about. If you're starting out, and especially if you're a plotter and want advice on how to be effective, then Howey's posts are for you (be advised, they're big, this could easily have been a writing advice book): Part 1 - Writing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-one-becoming-a-writer/ Part 2 - Drafting: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-two-the-rough-draft/ Part 3 - Revising: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-three-the-revision-process/ Part 4 - Publishing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-four-publishing-your-book/ | gijnbb5 | gijf9tg | 1,610,117,663 | 1,610,113,088 | 376 | 3 | "The best way to kill your chances as a writer is to attempt to write like one. We all fall into this trap. When pounding out a Facebook post, or a comment on a forum, or an email to a friend, we write like the wind. The words tumble right out, and the meaning we hope to convey is succinct and clear. And then, when we sit down to write a novel, **we trip over our words as we try too hard to sound like someone we aren’t.** I don’t know why we do this in the beginning, but the sooner we get over the impulse, the better. Write that rough draft as though you’re composing an email to a friend about a story you heard. Use your own voice. The subtleties and nuances of this voice will grow over time. For now, keep it simple. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be creative, or witty, or use the fullness of your vocabulary. It just means that you shouldn’t strain yourself as you write your rough draft. You shouldn’t try too hard to be flashy." Wow, did I ever need to read this! I've been struggling with this SO much. I write a lot for my job every day, but when I sit down to write on my novel, it suddenly feels like pulling teeth. I need to embrace my casual voice and just go with it. | Thanks I needed this to help me focus and feel more inspired to keep writing. | 1 | 4,575 | 125.333333 | ||
kszp6m | writing_train | 0.99 | Hugh Howey (multi-million $ indie writer of Wool) Wrote an Absolutely Massive Advice Post for New Writers Covering it All - Writing + Drafting + Revising + Publishing Howey's post is absolutely massive. He calls it "just 40 insights" but each insight ranges from a page to a chapter in length. I read it all, and even though I've been writing for some years now, I still found new nuggets of information. If you don't know who Hugh Howey is, he self-pubbed his stories, made it big on the Kindle, got picked up by Simon & Schuster without even submitting to them (i.e. trad pub came to him, asking for permission to publish him), and did some crazy things in promotion, like handing out his entire book on a business-card-looking USB stick to fans at conventions. He knows what he's talking about. If you're starting out, and especially if you're a plotter and want advice on how to be effective, then Howey's posts are for you (be advised, they're big, this could easily have been a writing advice book): Part 1 - Writing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-one-becoming-a-writer/ Part 2 - Drafting: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-two-the-rough-draft/ Part 3 - Revising: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-three-the-revision-process/ Part 4 - Publishing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-four-publishing-your-book/ | gij2nq3 | gij885m | 1,610,102,638 | 1,610,107,897 | 24 | 43 | This actually good and insightful, not the same old platitudes masquerading as insight that usually get posted here. Great read! | Thank you for sharing this! I just finished reading Wool and I discovered I love his style of writing. | 0 | 5,259 | 1.791667 | ||
kszp6m | writing_train | 0.99 | Hugh Howey (multi-million $ indie writer of Wool) Wrote an Absolutely Massive Advice Post for New Writers Covering it All - Writing + Drafting + Revising + Publishing Howey's post is absolutely massive. He calls it "just 40 insights" but each insight ranges from a page to a chapter in length. I read it all, and even though I've been writing for some years now, I still found new nuggets of information. If you don't know who Hugh Howey is, he self-pubbed his stories, made it big on the Kindle, got picked up by Simon & Schuster without even submitting to them (i.e. trad pub came to him, asking for permission to publish him), and did some crazy things in promotion, like handing out his entire book on a business-card-looking USB stick to fans at conventions. He knows what he's talking about. If you're starting out, and especially if you're a plotter and want advice on how to be effective, then Howey's posts are for you (be advised, they're big, this could easily have been a writing advice book): Part 1 - Writing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-one-becoming-a-writer/ Part 2 - Drafting: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-two-the-rough-draft/ Part 3 - Revising: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-three-the-revision-process/ Part 4 - Publishing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-four-publishing-your-book/ | gij6ffo | gij885m | 1,610,106,271 | 1,610,107,897 | 4 | 43 | this is nice | Thank you for sharing this! I just finished reading Wool and I discovered I love his style of writing. | 0 | 1,626 | 10.75 | ||
kszp6m | writing_train | 0.99 | Hugh Howey (multi-million $ indie writer of Wool) Wrote an Absolutely Massive Advice Post for New Writers Covering it All - Writing + Drafting + Revising + Publishing Howey's post is absolutely massive. He calls it "just 40 insights" but each insight ranges from a page to a chapter in length. I read it all, and even though I've been writing for some years now, I still found new nuggets of information. If you don't know who Hugh Howey is, he self-pubbed his stories, made it big on the Kindle, got picked up by Simon & Schuster without even submitting to them (i.e. trad pub came to him, asking for permission to publish him), and did some crazy things in promotion, like handing out his entire book on a business-card-looking USB stick to fans at conventions. He knows what he's talking about. If you're starting out, and especially if you're a plotter and want advice on how to be effective, then Howey's posts are for you (be advised, they're big, this could easily have been a writing advice book): Part 1 - Writing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-one-becoming-a-writer/ Part 2 - Drafting: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-two-the-rough-draft/ Part 3 - Revising: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-three-the-revision-process/ Part 4 - Publishing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-four-publishing-your-book/ | gillihu | gij8c04 | 1,610,149,926 | 1,610,107,990 | 23 | 22 | Hugh is a complete class act. When I dared contradict one of the mods on a well known anti-indie writing board about a point of objective fact concerning the mechanics of the kdp portal and they used it as an excuse to ban me, he found my account on another board and sent me a very nice PM assuring me that I wasn't wrong and that they'd kicked him off a year earlier. It meant a huge amount to me and kept me writing. | Thanks for the share! Love his advice on BOOKMARKing scenes in your rough draft so you don't lose momentum. | 1 | 41,936 | 1.045455 | ||
kszp6m | writing_train | 0.99 | Hugh Howey (multi-million $ indie writer of Wool) Wrote an Absolutely Massive Advice Post for New Writers Covering it All - Writing + Drafting + Revising + Publishing Howey's post is absolutely massive. He calls it "just 40 insights" but each insight ranges from a page to a chapter in length. I read it all, and even though I've been writing for some years now, I still found new nuggets of information. If you don't know who Hugh Howey is, he self-pubbed his stories, made it big on the Kindle, got picked up by Simon & Schuster without even submitting to them (i.e. trad pub came to him, asking for permission to publish him), and did some crazy things in promotion, like handing out his entire book on a business-card-looking USB stick to fans at conventions. He knows what he's talking about. If you're starting out, and especially if you're a plotter and want advice on how to be effective, then Howey's posts are for you (be advised, they're big, this could easily have been a writing advice book): Part 1 - Writing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-one-becoming-a-writer/ Part 2 - Drafting: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-two-the-rough-draft/ Part 3 - Revising: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-three-the-revision-process/ Part 4 - Publishing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-four-publishing-your-book/ | gij8c04 | gij6ffo | 1,610,107,990 | 1,610,106,271 | 22 | 4 | Thanks for the share! Love his advice on BOOKMARKing scenes in your rough draft so you don't lose momentum. | this is nice | 1 | 1,719 | 5.5 | ||
kszp6m | writing_train | 0.99 | Hugh Howey (multi-million $ indie writer of Wool) Wrote an Absolutely Massive Advice Post for New Writers Covering it All - Writing + Drafting + Revising + Publishing Howey's post is absolutely massive. He calls it "just 40 insights" but each insight ranges from a page to a chapter in length. I read it all, and even though I've been writing for some years now, I still found new nuggets of information. If you don't know who Hugh Howey is, he self-pubbed his stories, made it big on the Kindle, got picked up by Simon & Schuster without even submitting to them (i.e. trad pub came to him, asking for permission to publish him), and did some crazy things in promotion, like handing out his entire book on a business-card-looking USB stick to fans at conventions. He knows what he's talking about. If you're starting out, and especially if you're a plotter and want advice on how to be effective, then Howey's posts are for you (be advised, they're big, this could easily have been a writing advice book): Part 1 - Writing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-one-becoming-a-writer/ Part 2 - Drafting: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-two-the-rough-draft/ Part 3 - Revising: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-three-the-revision-process/ Part 4 - Publishing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-four-publishing-your-book/ | gillihu | gij94qi | 1,610,149,926 | 1,610,108,667 | 23 | 17 | Hugh is a complete class act. When I dared contradict one of the mods on a well known anti-indie writing board about a point of objective fact concerning the mechanics of the kdp portal and they used it as an excuse to ban me, he found my account on another board and sent me a very nice PM assuring me that I wasn't wrong and that they'd kicked him off a year earlier. It meant a huge amount to me and kept me writing. | This is the most helpful article series I have ever read! | 1 | 41,259 | 1.352941 | ||
kszp6m | writing_train | 0.99 | Hugh Howey (multi-million $ indie writer of Wool) Wrote an Absolutely Massive Advice Post for New Writers Covering it All - Writing + Drafting + Revising + Publishing Howey's post is absolutely massive. He calls it "just 40 insights" but each insight ranges from a page to a chapter in length. I read it all, and even though I've been writing for some years now, I still found new nuggets of information. If you don't know who Hugh Howey is, he self-pubbed his stories, made it big on the Kindle, got picked up by Simon & Schuster without even submitting to them (i.e. trad pub came to him, asking for permission to publish him), and did some crazy things in promotion, like handing out his entire book on a business-card-looking USB stick to fans at conventions. He knows what he's talking about. If you're starting out, and especially if you're a plotter and want advice on how to be effective, then Howey's posts are for you (be advised, they're big, this could easily have been a writing advice book): Part 1 - Writing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-one-becoming-a-writer/ Part 2 - Drafting: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-two-the-rough-draft/ Part 3 - Revising: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-three-the-revision-process/ Part 4 - Publishing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-four-publishing-your-book/ | gijdqix | gillihu | 1,610,112,096 | 1,610,149,926 | 7 | 23 | Hugh Howey is an inspiration | Hugh is a complete class act. When I dared contradict one of the mods on a well known anti-indie writing board about a point of objective fact concerning the mechanics of the kdp portal and they used it as an excuse to ban me, he found my account on another board and sent me a very nice PM assuring me that I wasn't wrong and that they'd kicked him off a year earlier. It meant a huge amount to me and kept me writing. | 0 | 37,830 | 3.285714 | ||
kszp6m | writing_train | 0.99 | Hugh Howey (multi-million $ indie writer of Wool) Wrote an Absolutely Massive Advice Post for New Writers Covering it All - Writing + Drafting + Revising + Publishing Howey's post is absolutely massive. He calls it "just 40 insights" but each insight ranges from a page to a chapter in length. I read it all, and even though I've been writing for some years now, I still found new nuggets of information. If you don't know who Hugh Howey is, he self-pubbed his stories, made it big on the Kindle, got picked up by Simon & Schuster without even submitting to them (i.e. trad pub came to him, asking for permission to publish him), and did some crazy things in promotion, like handing out his entire book on a business-card-looking USB stick to fans at conventions. He knows what he's talking about. If you're starting out, and especially if you're a plotter and want advice on how to be effective, then Howey's posts are for you (be advised, they're big, this could easily have been a writing advice book): Part 1 - Writing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-one-becoming-a-writer/ Part 2 - Drafting: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-two-the-rough-draft/ Part 3 - Revising: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-three-the-revision-process/ Part 4 - Publishing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-four-publishing-your-book/ | gijevn2 | gillihu | 1,610,112,837 | 1,610,149,926 | 7 | 23 | One of my favorite authors! This is wonderful. | Hugh is a complete class act. When I dared contradict one of the mods on a well known anti-indie writing board about a point of objective fact concerning the mechanics of the kdp portal and they used it as an excuse to ban me, he found my account on another board and sent me a very nice PM assuring me that I wasn't wrong and that they'd kicked him off a year earlier. It meant a huge amount to me and kept me writing. | 0 | 37,089 | 3.285714 | ||
kszp6m | writing_train | 0.99 | Hugh Howey (multi-million $ indie writer of Wool) Wrote an Absolutely Massive Advice Post for New Writers Covering it All - Writing + Drafting + Revising + Publishing Howey's post is absolutely massive. He calls it "just 40 insights" but each insight ranges from a page to a chapter in length. I read it all, and even though I've been writing for some years now, I still found new nuggets of information. If you don't know who Hugh Howey is, he self-pubbed his stories, made it big on the Kindle, got picked up by Simon & Schuster without even submitting to them (i.e. trad pub came to him, asking for permission to publish him), and did some crazy things in promotion, like handing out his entire book on a business-card-looking USB stick to fans at conventions. He knows what he's talking about. If you're starting out, and especially if you're a plotter and want advice on how to be effective, then Howey's posts are for you (be advised, they're big, this could easily have been a writing advice book): Part 1 - Writing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-one-becoming-a-writer/ Part 2 - Drafting: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-two-the-rough-draft/ Part 3 - Revising: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-three-the-revision-process/ Part 4 - Publishing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-four-publishing-your-book/ | gijfyzk | gillihu | 1,610,113,522 | 1,610,149,926 | 7 | 23 | how generous of him to write this! Thank you for sharing this! | Hugh is a complete class act. When I dared contradict one of the mods on a well known anti-indie writing board about a point of objective fact concerning the mechanics of the kdp portal and they used it as an excuse to ban me, he found my account on another board and sent me a very nice PM assuring me that I wasn't wrong and that they'd kicked him off a year earlier. It meant a huge amount to me and kept me writing. | 0 | 36,404 | 3.285714 | ||
kszp6m | writing_train | 0.99 | Hugh Howey (multi-million $ indie writer of Wool) Wrote an Absolutely Massive Advice Post for New Writers Covering it All - Writing + Drafting + Revising + Publishing Howey's post is absolutely massive. He calls it "just 40 insights" but each insight ranges from a page to a chapter in length. I read it all, and even though I've been writing for some years now, I still found new nuggets of information. If you don't know who Hugh Howey is, he self-pubbed his stories, made it big on the Kindle, got picked up by Simon & Schuster without even submitting to them (i.e. trad pub came to him, asking for permission to publish him), and did some crazy things in promotion, like handing out his entire book on a business-card-looking USB stick to fans at conventions. He knows what he's talking about. If you're starting out, and especially if you're a plotter and want advice on how to be effective, then Howey's posts are for you (be advised, they're big, this could easily have been a writing advice book): Part 1 - Writing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-one-becoming-a-writer/ Part 2 - Drafting: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-two-the-rough-draft/ Part 3 - Revising: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-three-the-revision-process/ Part 4 - Publishing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-four-publishing-your-book/ | gillihu | gijn4gf | 1,610,149,926 | 1,610,117,566 | 23 | 7 | Hugh is a complete class act. When I dared contradict one of the mods on a well known anti-indie writing board about a point of objective fact concerning the mechanics of the kdp portal and they used it as an excuse to ban me, he found my account on another board and sent me a very nice PM assuring me that I wasn't wrong and that they'd kicked him off a year earlier. It meant a huge amount to me and kept me writing. | Even the way he writes these articles is artistic and has its own voice. I've been on this sub for years and this is the single best and most comprehensive thing shared on the craft. | 1 | 32,360 | 3.285714 | ||
kszp6m | writing_train | 0.99 | Hugh Howey (multi-million $ indie writer of Wool) Wrote an Absolutely Massive Advice Post for New Writers Covering it All - Writing + Drafting + Revising + Publishing Howey's post is absolutely massive. He calls it "just 40 insights" but each insight ranges from a page to a chapter in length. I read it all, and even though I've been writing for some years now, I still found new nuggets of information. If you don't know who Hugh Howey is, he self-pubbed his stories, made it big on the Kindle, got picked up by Simon & Schuster without even submitting to them (i.e. trad pub came to him, asking for permission to publish him), and did some crazy things in promotion, like handing out his entire book on a business-card-looking USB stick to fans at conventions. He knows what he's talking about. If you're starting out, and especially if you're a plotter and want advice on how to be effective, then Howey's posts are for you (be advised, they're big, this could easily have been a writing advice book): Part 1 - Writing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-one-becoming-a-writer/ Part 2 - Drafting: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-two-the-rough-draft/ Part 3 - Revising: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-three-the-revision-process/ Part 4 - Publishing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-four-publishing-your-book/ | gijq4lj | gillihu | 1,610,119,109 | 1,610,149,926 | 6 | 23 | One of the immediate problems I’ve noticed after reading this post (and the many advices of other writers) is that I don’t read a *ton*, and especially not out of my preferred genre (sic-fi). Does anybody have advice or resources for a targeted approach to reading other genres that might help with this? I don’t have a lot of spare time to read, so just picking a book and going with it doesn’t seem to be a good use of my time. I’d really like to discover some good books that would help my writing and help me branch out. | Hugh is a complete class act. When I dared contradict one of the mods on a well known anti-indie writing board about a point of objective fact concerning the mechanics of the kdp portal and they used it as an excuse to ban me, he found my account on another board and sent me a very nice PM assuring me that I wasn't wrong and that they'd kicked him off a year earlier. It meant a huge amount to me and kept me writing. | 0 | 30,817 | 3.833333 | ||
kszp6m | writing_train | 0.99 | Hugh Howey (multi-million $ indie writer of Wool) Wrote an Absolutely Massive Advice Post for New Writers Covering it All - Writing + Drafting + Revising + Publishing Howey's post is absolutely massive. He calls it "just 40 insights" but each insight ranges from a page to a chapter in length. I read it all, and even though I've been writing for some years now, I still found new nuggets of information. If you don't know who Hugh Howey is, he self-pubbed his stories, made it big on the Kindle, got picked up by Simon & Schuster without even submitting to them (i.e. trad pub came to him, asking for permission to publish him), and did some crazy things in promotion, like handing out his entire book on a business-card-looking USB stick to fans at conventions. He knows what he's talking about. If you're starting out, and especially if you're a plotter and want advice on how to be effective, then Howey's posts are for you (be advised, they're big, this could easily have been a writing advice book): Part 1 - Writing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-one-becoming-a-writer/ Part 2 - Drafting: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-two-the-rough-draft/ Part 3 - Revising: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-three-the-revision-process/ Part 4 - Publishing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-four-publishing-your-book/ | gillihu | gij6ffo | 1,610,149,926 | 1,610,106,271 | 23 | 4 | Hugh is a complete class act. When I dared contradict one of the mods on a well known anti-indie writing board about a point of objective fact concerning the mechanics of the kdp portal and they used it as an excuse to ban me, he found my account on another board and sent me a very nice PM assuring me that I wasn't wrong and that they'd kicked him off a year earlier. It meant a huge amount to me and kept me writing. | this is nice | 1 | 43,655 | 5.75 | ||
kszp6m | writing_train | 0.99 | Hugh Howey (multi-million $ indie writer of Wool) Wrote an Absolutely Massive Advice Post for New Writers Covering it All - Writing + Drafting + Revising + Publishing Howey's post is absolutely massive. He calls it "just 40 insights" but each insight ranges from a page to a chapter in length. I read it all, and even though I've been writing for some years now, I still found new nuggets of information. If you don't know who Hugh Howey is, he self-pubbed his stories, made it big on the Kindle, got picked up by Simon & Schuster without even submitting to them (i.e. trad pub came to him, asking for permission to publish him), and did some crazy things in promotion, like handing out his entire book on a business-card-looking USB stick to fans at conventions. He knows what he's talking about. If you're starting out, and especially if you're a plotter and want advice on how to be effective, then Howey's posts are for you (be advised, they're big, this could easily have been a writing advice book): Part 1 - Writing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-one-becoming-a-writer/ Part 2 - Drafting: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-two-the-rough-draft/ Part 3 - Revising: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-three-the-revision-process/ Part 4 - Publishing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-four-publishing-your-book/ | gijf9tg | gillihu | 1,610,113,088 | 1,610,149,926 | 3 | 23 | Thanks I needed this to help me focus and feel more inspired to keep writing. | Hugh is a complete class act. When I dared contradict one of the mods on a well known anti-indie writing board about a point of objective fact concerning the mechanics of the kdp portal and they used it as an excuse to ban me, he found my account on another board and sent me a very nice PM assuring me that I wasn't wrong and that they'd kicked him off a year earlier. It meant a huge amount to me and kept me writing. | 0 | 36,838 | 7.666667 | ||
kszp6m | writing_train | 0.99 | Hugh Howey (multi-million $ indie writer of Wool) Wrote an Absolutely Massive Advice Post for New Writers Covering it All - Writing + Drafting + Revising + Publishing Howey's post is absolutely massive. He calls it "just 40 insights" but each insight ranges from a page to a chapter in length. I read it all, and even though I've been writing for some years now, I still found new nuggets of information. If you don't know who Hugh Howey is, he self-pubbed his stories, made it big on the Kindle, got picked up by Simon & Schuster without even submitting to them (i.e. trad pub came to him, asking for permission to publish him), and did some crazy things in promotion, like handing out his entire book on a business-card-looking USB stick to fans at conventions. He knows what he's talking about. If you're starting out, and especially if you're a plotter and want advice on how to be effective, then Howey's posts are for you (be advised, they're big, this could easily have been a writing advice book): Part 1 - Writing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-one-becoming-a-writer/ Part 2 - Drafting: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-two-the-rough-draft/ Part 3 - Revising: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-three-the-revision-process/ Part 4 - Publishing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-four-publishing-your-book/ | gike488 | gillihu | 1,610,130,025 | 1,610,149,926 | 3 | 23 | > I started writing my first novel when I was twelve years old. I was thirty-three when I completed my first rough draft. Well, as someone closing in on my 30th birthday who has yet to complete my first rough draft, he's already caught my attention. I'll definitely give this whole thing a read. Thank you for bringing it to my attention. | Hugh is a complete class act. When I dared contradict one of the mods on a well known anti-indie writing board about a point of objective fact concerning the mechanics of the kdp portal and they used it as an excuse to ban me, he found my account on another board and sent me a very nice PM assuring me that I wasn't wrong and that they'd kicked him off a year earlier. It meant a huge amount to me and kept me writing. | 0 | 19,901 | 7.666667 | ||
kszp6m | writing_train | 0.99 | Hugh Howey (multi-million $ indie writer of Wool) Wrote an Absolutely Massive Advice Post for New Writers Covering it All - Writing + Drafting + Revising + Publishing Howey's post is absolutely massive. He calls it "just 40 insights" but each insight ranges from a page to a chapter in length. I read it all, and even though I've been writing for some years now, I still found new nuggets of information. If you don't know who Hugh Howey is, he self-pubbed his stories, made it big on the Kindle, got picked up by Simon & Schuster without even submitting to them (i.e. trad pub came to him, asking for permission to publish him), and did some crazy things in promotion, like handing out his entire book on a business-card-looking USB stick to fans at conventions. He knows what he's talking about. If you're starting out, and especially if you're a plotter and want advice on how to be effective, then Howey's posts are for you (be advised, they're big, this could easily have been a writing advice book): Part 1 - Writing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-one-becoming-a-writer/ Part 2 - Drafting: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-two-the-rough-draft/ Part 3 - Revising: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-three-the-revision-process/ Part 4 - Publishing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-four-publishing-your-book/ | gij94qi | gij6ffo | 1,610,108,667 | 1,610,106,271 | 17 | 4 | This is the most helpful article series I have ever read! | this is nice | 1 | 2,396 | 4.25 | ||
kszp6m | writing_train | 0.99 | Hugh Howey (multi-million $ indie writer of Wool) Wrote an Absolutely Massive Advice Post for New Writers Covering it All - Writing + Drafting + Revising + Publishing Howey's post is absolutely massive. He calls it "just 40 insights" but each insight ranges from a page to a chapter in length. I read it all, and even though I've been writing for some years now, I still found new nuggets of information. If you don't know who Hugh Howey is, he self-pubbed his stories, made it big on the Kindle, got picked up by Simon & Schuster without even submitting to them (i.e. trad pub came to him, asking for permission to publish him), and did some crazy things in promotion, like handing out his entire book on a business-card-looking USB stick to fans at conventions. He knows what he's talking about. If you're starting out, and especially if you're a plotter and want advice on how to be effective, then Howey's posts are for you (be advised, they're big, this could easily have been a writing advice book): Part 1 - Writing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-one-becoming-a-writer/ Part 2 - Drafting: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-two-the-rough-draft/ Part 3 - Revising: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-three-the-revision-process/ Part 4 - Publishing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-four-publishing-your-book/ | gijdqix | gij6ffo | 1,610,112,096 | 1,610,106,271 | 7 | 4 | Hugh Howey is an inspiration | this is nice | 1 | 5,825 | 1.75 | ||
kszp6m | writing_train | 0.99 | Hugh Howey (multi-million $ indie writer of Wool) Wrote an Absolutely Massive Advice Post for New Writers Covering it All - Writing + Drafting + Revising + Publishing Howey's post is absolutely massive. He calls it "just 40 insights" but each insight ranges from a page to a chapter in length. I read it all, and even though I've been writing for some years now, I still found new nuggets of information. If you don't know who Hugh Howey is, he self-pubbed his stories, made it big on the Kindle, got picked up by Simon & Schuster without even submitting to them (i.e. trad pub came to him, asking for permission to publish him), and did some crazy things in promotion, like handing out his entire book on a business-card-looking USB stick to fans at conventions. He knows what he's talking about. If you're starting out, and especially if you're a plotter and want advice on how to be effective, then Howey's posts are for you (be advised, they're big, this could easily have been a writing advice book): Part 1 - Writing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-one-becoming-a-writer/ Part 2 - Drafting: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-two-the-rough-draft/ Part 3 - Revising: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-three-the-revision-process/ Part 4 - Publishing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-four-publishing-your-book/ | gij6ffo | gijevn2 | 1,610,106,271 | 1,610,112,837 | 4 | 7 | this is nice | One of my favorite authors! This is wonderful. | 0 | 6,566 | 1.75 | ||
kszp6m | writing_train | 0.99 | Hugh Howey (multi-million $ indie writer of Wool) Wrote an Absolutely Massive Advice Post for New Writers Covering it All - Writing + Drafting + Revising + Publishing Howey's post is absolutely massive. He calls it "just 40 insights" but each insight ranges from a page to a chapter in length. I read it all, and even though I've been writing for some years now, I still found new nuggets of information. If you don't know who Hugh Howey is, he self-pubbed his stories, made it big on the Kindle, got picked up by Simon & Schuster without even submitting to them (i.e. trad pub came to him, asking for permission to publish him), and did some crazy things in promotion, like handing out his entire book on a business-card-looking USB stick to fans at conventions. He knows what he's talking about. If you're starting out, and especially if you're a plotter and want advice on how to be effective, then Howey's posts are for you (be advised, they're big, this could easily have been a writing advice book): Part 1 - Writing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-one-becoming-a-writer/ Part 2 - Drafting: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-two-the-rough-draft/ Part 3 - Revising: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-three-the-revision-process/ Part 4 - Publishing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-four-publishing-your-book/ | gij6ffo | gijfyzk | 1,610,106,271 | 1,610,113,522 | 4 | 7 | this is nice | how generous of him to write this! Thank you for sharing this! | 0 | 7,251 | 1.75 | ||
kszp6m | writing_train | 0.99 | Hugh Howey (multi-million $ indie writer of Wool) Wrote an Absolutely Massive Advice Post for New Writers Covering it All - Writing + Drafting + Revising + Publishing Howey's post is absolutely massive. He calls it "just 40 insights" but each insight ranges from a page to a chapter in length. I read it all, and even though I've been writing for some years now, I still found new nuggets of information. If you don't know who Hugh Howey is, he self-pubbed his stories, made it big on the Kindle, got picked up by Simon & Schuster without even submitting to them (i.e. trad pub came to him, asking for permission to publish him), and did some crazy things in promotion, like handing out his entire book on a business-card-looking USB stick to fans at conventions. He knows what he's talking about. If you're starting out, and especially if you're a plotter and want advice on how to be effective, then Howey's posts are for you (be advised, they're big, this could easily have been a writing advice book): Part 1 - Writing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-one-becoming-a-writer/ Part 2 - Drafting: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-two-the-rough-draft/ Part 3 - Revising: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-three-the-revision-process/ Part 4 - Publishing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-four-publishing-your-book/ | gijfyzk | gijf9tg | 1,610,113,522 | 1,610,113,088 | 7 | 3 | how generous of him to write this! Thank you for sharing this! | Thanks I needed this to help me focus and feel more inspired to keep writing. | 1 | 434 | 2.333333 | ||
kszp6m | writing_train | 0.99 | Hugh Howey (multi-million $ indie writer of Wool) Wrote an Absolutely Massive Advice Post for New Writers Covering it All - Writing + Drafting + Revising + Publishing Howey's post is absolutely massive. He calls it "just 40 insights" but each insight ranges from a page to a chapter in length. I read it all, and even though I've been writing for some years now, I still found new nuggets of information. If you don't know who Hugh Howey is, he self-pubbed his stories, made it big on the Kindle, got picked up by Simon & Schuster without even submitting to them (i.e. trad pub came to him, asking for permission to publish him), and did some crazy things in promotion, like handing out his entire book on a business-card-looking USB stick to fans at conventions. He knows what he's talking about. If you're starting out, and especially if you're a plotter and want advice on how to be effective, then Howey's posts are for you (be advised, they're big, this could easily have been a writing advice book): Part 1 - Writing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-one-becoming-a-writer/ Part 2 - Drafting: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-two-the-rough-draft/ Part 3 - Revising: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-three-the-revision-process/ Part 4 - Publishing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-four-publishing-your-book/ | gijn4gf | gij6ffo | 1,610,117,566 | 1,610,106,271 | 7 | 4 | Even the way he writes these articles is artistic and has its own voice. I've been on this sub for years and this is the single best and most comprehensive thing shared on the craft. | this is nice | 1 | 11,295 | 1.75 | ||
kszp6m | writing_train | 0.99 | Hugh Howey (multi-million $ indie writer of Wool) Wrote an Absolutely Massive Advice Post for New Writers Covering it All - Writing + Drafting + Revising + Publishing Howey's post is absolutely massive. He calls it "just 40 insights" but each insight ranges from a page to a chapter in length. I read it all, and even though I've been writing for some years now, I still found new nuggets of information. If you don't know who Hugh Howey is, he self-pubbed his stories, made it big on the Kindle, got picked up by Simon & Schuster without even submitting to them (i.e. trad pub came to him, asking for permission to publish him), and did some crazy things in promotion, like handing out his entire book on a business-card-looking USB stick to fans at conventions. He knows what he's talking about. If you're starting out, and especially if you're a plotter and want advice on how to be effective, then Howey's posts are for you (be advised, they're big, this could easily have been a writing advice book): Part 1 - Writing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-one-becoming-a-writer/ Part 2 - Drafting: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-two-the-rough-draft/ Part 3 - Revising: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-three-the-revision-process/ Part 4 - Publishing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-four-publishing-your-book/ | gijn4gf | gijf9tg | 1,610,117,566 | 1,610,113,088 | 7 | 3 | Even the way he writes these articles is artistic and has its own voice. I've been on this sub for years and this is the single best and most comprehensive thing shared on the craft. | Thanks I needed this to help me focus and feel more inspired to keep writing. | 1 | 4,478 | 2.333333 | ||
kszp6m | writing_train | 0.99 | Hugh Howey (multi-million $ indie writer of Wool) Wrote an Absolutely Massive Advice Post for New Writers Covering it All - Writing + Drafting + Revising + Publishing Howey's post is absolutely massive. He calls it "just 40 insights" but each insight ranges from a page to a chapter in length. I read it all, and even though I've been writing for some years now, I still found new nuggets of information. If you don't know who Hugh Howey is, he self-pubbed his stories, made it big on the Kindle, got picked up by Simon & Schuster without even submitting to them (i.e. trad pub came to him, asking for permission to publish him), and did some crazy things in promotion, like handing out his entire book on a business-card-looking USB stick to fans at conventions. He knows what he's talking about. If you're starting out, and especially if you're a plotter and want advice on how to be effective, then Howey's posts are for you (be advised, they're big, this could easily have been a writing advice book): Part 1 - Writing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-one-becoming-a-writer/ Part 2 - Drafting: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-two-the-rough-draft/ Part 3 - Revising: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-three-the-revision-process/ Part 4 - Publishing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-four-publishing-your-book/ | gijq4lj | gij6ffo | 1,610,119,109 | 1,610,106,271 | 6 | 4 | One of the immediate problems I’ve noticed after reading this post (and the many advices of other writers) is that I don’t read a *ton*, and especially not out of my preferred genre (sic-fi). Does anybody have advice or resources for a targeted approach to reading other genres that might help with this? I don’t have a lot of spare time to read, so just picking a book and going with it doesn’t seem to be a good use of my time. I’d really like to discover some good books that would help my writing and help me branch out. | this is nice | 1 | 12,838 | 1.5 | ||
kszp6m | writing_train | 0.99 | Hugh Howey (multi-million $ indie writer of Wool) Wrote an Absolutely Massive Advice Post for New Writers Covering it All - Writing + Drafting + Revising + Publishing Howey's post is absolutely massive. He calls it "just 40 insights" but each insight ranges from a page to a chapter in length. I read it all, and even though I've been writing for some years now, I still found new nuggets of information. If you don't know who Hugh Howey is, he self-pubbed his stories, made it big on the Kindle, got picked up by Simon & Schuster without even submitting to them (i.e. trad pub came to him, asking for permission to publish him), and did some crazy things in promotion, like handing out his entire book on a business-card-looking USB stick to fans at conventions. He knows what he's talking about. If you're starting out, and especially if you're a plotter and want advice on how to be effective, then Howey's posts are for you (be advised, they're big, this could easily have been a writing advice book): Part 1 - Writing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-one-becoming-a-writer/ Part 2 - Drafting: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-two-the-rough-draft/ Part 3 - Revising: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-three-the-revision-process/ Part 4 - Publishing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-four-publishing-your-book/ | gijf9tg | gijq4lj | 1,610,113,088 | 1,610,119,109 | 3 | 6 | Thanks I needed this to help me focus and feel more inspired to keep writing. | One of the immediate problems I’ve noticed after reading this post (and the many advices of other writers) is that I don’t read a *ton*, and especially not out of my preferred genre (sic-fi). Does anybody have advice or resources for a targeted approach to reading other genres that might help with this? I don’t have a lot of spare time to read, so just picking a book and going with it doesn’t seem to be a good use of my time. I’d really like to discover some good books that would help my writing and help me branch out. | 0 | 6,021 | 2 | ||
kszp6m | writing_train | 0.99 | Hugh Howey (multi-million $ indie writer of Wool) Wrote an Absolutely Massive Advice Post for New Writers Covering it All - Writing + Drafting + Revising + Publishing Howey's post is absolutely massive. He calls it "just 40 insights" but each insight ranges from a page to a chapter in length. I read it all, and even though I've been writing for some years now, I still found new nuggets of information. If you don't know who Hugh Howey is, he self-pubbed his stories, made it big on the Kindle, got picked up by Simon & Schuster without even submitting to them (i.e. trad pub came to him, asking for permission to publish him), and did some crazy things in promotion, like handing out his entire book on a business-card-looking USB stick to fans at conventions. He knows what he's talking about. If you're starting out, and especially if you're a plotter and want advice on how to be effective, then Howey's posts are for you (be advised, they're big, this could easily have been a writing advice book): Part 1 - Writing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-one-becoming-a-writer/ Part 2 - Drafting: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-two-the-rough-draft/ Part 3 - Revising: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-three-the-revision-process/ Part 4 - Publishing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-four-publishing-your-book/ | gilnocn | gijf9tg | 1,610,150,990 | 1,610,113,088 | 4 | 3 | I've only got to tip number 17 so far, but this is awesome! **Insight #17: Most of the writing takes place away from the keyboard.** I've recently discovered that by playing a scene thoroughly several times over in my head means I can bang out 2,000 words in an hour and get on with other tasks while the next scene germinates. It's far more productive and efficient. | Thanks I needed this to help me focus and feel more inspired to keep writing. | 1 | 37,902 | 1.333333 | ||
kszp6m | writing_train | 0.99 | Hugh Howey (multi-million $ indie writer of Wool) Wrote an Absolutely Massive Advice Post for New Writers Covering it All - Writing + Drafting + Revising + Publishing Howey's post is absolutely massive. He calls it "just 40 insights" but each insight ranges from a page to a chapter in length. I read it all, and even though I've been writing for some years now, I still found new nuggets of information. If you don't know who Hugh Howey is, he self-pubbed his stories, made it big on the Kindle, got picked up by Simon & Schuster without even submitting to them (i.e. trad pub came to him, asking for permission to publish him), and did some crazy things in promotion, like handing out his entire book on a business-card-looking USB stick to fans at conventions. He knows what he's talking about. If you're starting out, and especially if you're a plotter and want advice on how to be effective, then Howey's posts are for you (be advised, they're big, this could easily have been a writing advice book): Part 1 - Writing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-one-becoming-a-writer/ Part 2 - Drafting: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-two-the-rough-draft/ Part 3 - Revising: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-three-the-revision-process/ Part 4 - Publishing: https://hughhowey.com/writing-insights-part-four-publishing-your-book/ | gike488 | gilnocn | 1,610,130,025 | 1,610,150,990 | 3 | 4 | > I started writing my first novel when I was twelve years old. I was thirty-three when I completed my first rough draft. Well, as someone closing in on my 30th birthday who has yet to complete my first rough draft, he's already caught my attention. I'll definitely give this whole thing a read. Thank you for bringing it to my attention. | I've only got to tip number 17 so far, but this is awesome! **Insight #17: Most of the writing takes place away from the keyboard.** I've recently discovered that by playing a scene thoroughly several times over in my head means I can bang out 2,000 words in an hour and get on with other tasks while the next scene germinates. It's far more productive and efficient. | 0 | 20,965 | 1.333333 | ||
kvqif6 | writing_train | 0.99 | Jim Butcher (Bestselling Fantasy Author of the Dresden Files, Codex Alera and more) Wrote an Amazing Series of Posts Describing Exactly How He Does It - Writing + Plotting + Advice to New Writers + more Jim Butcher (creator of the Harry Dresden books, which happen to be the best Urban Fantasy/Mystery series Evah!!!, not that I'm a fan-boy or anything), wrote a series of blog posts on the craft of writing, starting in 2004, and continuing on, very intermittently, to 2011. They're among the best writing advice I've ever read, right up there with King's "On Writing", Swain's "Techniques of the Selling Writer" (which uses some of the same tools Butcher describes), and James Scott Bell's non-nonsense craft books. Here they are, in order: * Introduction: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/600.html * Story Craft: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/969.html * Conflict, Logical Response, Point of View: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1262.html * Fundamentals--Story Skeletons: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1308.html * Characters: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1698.html * The Great Swampy Middle: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1865.html * SCENES: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2647.html * SEQUELS: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2880.html * Story Climax: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/3447.html * Putting It All Together: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4053.html (If you're stuck in your writing, or can't seem to finish your stories, read this first.) * The Most Important Thing an Aspiring Author Needs to Know: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4217.html There you have it, folks. If you're anything like Jim in your style of writing, and want to write tight, fast-paced books with great arcs and characters, this is the way to go. (And in case you missed it: Peace Talks and Battle Grounds, the 16th and 17th Dresden novels, finally came out this year! No, I'm totally not a fan-boy :D) | gj0lz49 | gizzf2a | 1,610,471,117 | 1,610,459,656 | 27 | 0 | I really WANTED to like the Dresden Files... I love me a good genre mash up anytime... but after seven or eight chapters I just couldn't go on. The tone, plot, and voice of Storm Front is all over the place... one chapter is a brutal double murder, next is a fairy named "Sparkle" and "Santa Claus is real." Jim Butcher could sneeze and sell more books than I'll do in a lifetime but I'm still not sure I'd take any writing advice from him. | Fantastic! Thank you! | 1 | 11,461 | 27,000 | ||
kvqif6 | writing_train | 0.99 | Jim Butcher (Bestselling Fantasy Author of the Dresden Files, Codex Alera and more) Wrote an Amazing Series of Posts Describing Exactly How He Does It - Writing + Plotting + Advice to New Writers + more Jim Butcher (creator of the Harry Dresden books, which happen to be the best Urban Fantasy/Mystery series Evah!!!, not that I'm a fan-boy or anything), wrote a series of blog posts on the craft of writing, starting in 2004, and continuing on, very intermittently, to 2011. They're among the best writing advice I've ever read, right up there with King's "On Writing", Swain's "Techniques of the Selling Writer" (which uses some of the same tools Butcher describes), and James Scott Bell's non-nonsense craft books. Here they are, in order: * Introduction: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/600.html * Story Craft: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/969.html * Conflict, Logical Response, Point of View: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1262.html * Fundamentals--Story Skeletons: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1308.html * Characters: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1698.html * The Great Swampy Middle: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1865.html * SCENES: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2647.html * SEQUELS: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2880.html * Story Climax: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/3447.html * Putting It All Together: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4053.html (If you're stuck in your writing, or can't seem to finish your stories, read this first.) * The Most Important Thing an Aspiring Author Needs to Know: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4217.html There you have it, folks. If you're anything like Jim in your style of writing, and want to write tight, fast-paced books with great arcs and characters, this is the way to go. (And in case you missed it: Peace Talks and Battle Grounds, the 16th and 17th Dresden novels, finally came out this year! No, I'm totally not a fan-boy :D) | gj09d05 | gj0lz49 | 1,610,464,958 | 1,610,471,117 | 0 | 27 | This is USEFUL! Thank you! | I really WANTED to like the Dresden Files... I love me a good genre mash up anytime... but after seven or eight chapters I just couldn't go on. The tone, plot, and voice of Storm Front is all over the place... one chapter is a brutal double murder, next is a fairy named "Sparkle" and "Santa Claus is real." Jim Butcher could sneeze and sell more books than I'll do in a lifetime but I'm still not sure I'd take any writing advice from him. | 0 | 6,159 | 27,000 | ||
kvqif6 | writing_train | 0.99 | Jim Butcher (Bestselling Fantasy Author of the Dresden Files, Codex Alera and more) Wrote an Amazing Series of Posts Describing Exactly How He Does It - Writing + Plotting + Advice to New Writers + more Jim Butcher (creator of the Harry Dresden books, which happen to be the best Urban Fantasy/Mystery series Evah!!!, not that I'm a fan-boy or anything), wrote a series of blog posts on the craft of writing, starting in 2004, and continuing on, very intermittently, to 2011. They're among the best writing advice I've ever read, right up there with King's "On Writing", Swain's "Techniques of the Selling Writer" (which uses some of the same tools Butcher describes), and James Scott Bell's non-nonsense craft books. Here they are, in order: * Introduction: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/600.html * Story Craft: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/969.html * Conflict, Logical Response, Point of View: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1262.html * Fundamentals--Story Skeletons: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1308.html * Characters: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1698.html * The Great Swampy Middle: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1865.html * SCENES: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2647.html * SEQUELS: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2880.html * Story Climax: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/3447.html * Putting It All Together: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4053.html (If you're stuck in your writing, or can't seem to finish your stories, read this first.) * The Most Important Thing an Aspiring Author Needs to Know: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4217.html There you have it, folks. If you're anything like Jim in your style of writing, and want to write tight, fast-paced books with great arcs and characters, this is the way to go. (And in case you missed it: Peace Talks and Battle Grounds, the 16th and 17th Dresden novels, finally came out this year! No, I'm totally not a fan-boy :D) | gj0lz49 | gj0in63 | 1,610,471,117 | 1,610,469,593 | 27 | 0 | I really WANTED to like the Dresden Files... I love me a good genre mash up anytime... but after seven or eight chapters I just couldn't go on. The tone, plot, and voice of Storm Front is all over the place... one chapter is a brutal double murder, next is a fairy named "Sparkle" and "Santa Claus is real." Jim Butcher could sneeze and sell more books than I'll do in a lifetime but I'm still not sure I'd take any writing advice from him. | Bless you tysm | 1 | 1,524 | 27,000 | ||
kvqif6 | writing_train | 0.99 | Jim Butcher (Bestselling Fantasy Author of the Dresden Files, Codex Alera and more) Wrote an Amazing Series of Posts Describing Exactly How He Does It - Writing + Plotting + Advice to New Writers + more Jim Butcher (creator of the Harry Dresden books, which happen to be the best Urban Fantasy/Mystery series Evah!!!, not that I'm a fan-boy or anything), wrote a series of blog posts on the craft of writing, starting in 2004, and continuing on, very intermittently, to 2011. They're among the best writing advice I've ever read, right up there with King's "On Writing", Swain's "Techniques of the Selling Writer" (which uses some of the same tools Butcher describes), and James Scott Bell's non-nonsense craft books. Here they are, in order: * Introduction: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/600.html * Story Craft: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/969.html * Conflict, Logical Response, Point of View: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1262.html * Fundamentals--Story Skeletons: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1308.html * Characters: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1698.html * The Great Swampy Middle: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1865.html * SCENES: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2647.html * SEQUELS: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2880.html * Story Climax: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/3447.html * Putting It All Together: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4053.html (If you're stuck in your writing, or can't seem to finish your stories, read this first.) * The Most Important Thing an Aspiring Author Needs to Know: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4217.html There you have it, folks. If you're anything like Jim in your style of writing, and want to write tight, fast-paced books with great arcs and characters, this is the way to go. (And in case you missed it: Peace Talks and Battle Grounds, the 16th and 17th Dresden novels, finally came out this year! No, I'm totally not a fan-boy :D) | gj0n47p | gizzf2a | 1,610,471,641 | 1,610,459,656 | 10 | 0 | I sat down and read all of these back to back this afternoon, thanks for the share! Really useful stuff. | Fantastic! Thank you! | 1 | 11,985 | 10,000 | ||
kvqif6 | writing_train | 0.99 | Jim Butcher (Bestselling Fantasy Author of the Dresden Files, Codex Alera and more) Wrote an Amazing Series of Posts Describing Exactly How He Does It - Writing + Plotting + Advice to New Writers + more Jim Butcher (creator of the Harry Dresden books, which happen to be the best Urban Fantasy/Mystery series Evah!!!, not that I'm a fan-boy or anything), wrote a series of blog posts on the craft of writing, starting in 2004, and continuing on, very intermittently, to 2011. They're among the best writing advice I've ever read, right up there with King's "On Writing", Swain's "Techniques of the Selling Writer" (which uses some of the same tools Butcher describes), and James Scott Bell's non-nonsense craft books. Here they are, in order: * Introduction: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/600.html * Story Craft: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/969.html * Conflict, Logical Response, Point of View: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1262.html * Fundamentals--Story Skeletons: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1308.html * Characters: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1698.html * The Great Swampy Middle: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1865.html * SCENES: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2647.html * SEQUELS: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2880.html * Story Climax: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/3447.html * Putting It All Together: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4053.html (If you're stuck in your writing, or can't seem to finish your stories, read this first.) * The Most Important Thing an Aspiring Author Needs to Know: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4217.html There you have it, folks. If you're anything like Jim in your style of writing, and want to write tight, fast-paced books with great arcs and characters, this is the way to go. (And in case you missed it: Peace Talks and Battle Grounds, the 16th and 17th Dresden novels, finally came out this year! No, I'm totally not a fan-boy :D) | gj0n47p | gj09d05 | 1,610,471,641 | 1,610,464,958 | 10 | 0 | I sat down and read all of these back to back this afternoon, thanks for the share! Really useful stuff. | This is USEFUL! Thank you! | 1 | 6,683 | 10,000 | ||
kvqif6 | writing_train | 0.99 | Jim Butcher (Bestselling Fantasy Author of the Dresden Files, Codex Alera and more) Wrote an Amazing Series of Posts Describing Exactly How He Does It - Writing + Plotting + Advice to New Writers + more Jim Butcher (creator of the Harry Dresden books, which happen to be the best Urban Fantasy/Mystery series Evah!!!, not that I'm a fan-boy or anything), wrote a series of blog posts on the craft of writing, starting in 2004, and continuing on, very intermittently, to 2011. They're among the best writing advice I've ever read, right up there with King's "On Writing", Swain's "Techniques of the Selling Writer" (which uses some of the same tools Butcher describes), and James Scott Bell's non-nonsense craft books. Here they are, in order: * Introduction: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/600.html * Story Craft: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/969.html * Conflict, Logical Response, Point of View: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1262.html * Fundamentals--Story Skeletons: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1308.html * Characters: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1698.html * The Great Swampy Middle: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1865.html * SCENES: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2647.html * SEQUELS: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2880.html * Story Climax: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/3447.html * Putting It All Together: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4053.html (If you're stuck in your writing, or can't seem to finish your stories, read this first.) * The Most Important Thing an Aspiring Author Needs to Know: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4217.html There you have it, folks. If you're anything like Jim in your style of writing, and want to write tight, fast-paced books with great arcs and characters, this is the way to go. (And in case you missed it: Peace Talks and Battle Grounds, the 16th and 17th Dresden novels, finally came out this year! No, I'm totally not a fan-boy :D) | gj0in63 | gj0n47p | 1,610,469,593 | 1,610,471,641 | 0 | 10 | Bless you tysm | I sat down and read all of these back to back this afternoon, thanks for the share! Really useful stuff. | 0 | 2,048 | 10,000 | ||
kvqif6 | writing_train | 0.99 | Jim Butcher (Bestselling Fantasy Author of the Dresden Files, Codex Alera and more) Wrote an Amazing Series of Posts Describing Exactly How He Does It - Writing + Plotting + Advice to New Writers + more Jim Butcher (creator of the Harry Dresden books, which happen to be the best Urban Fantasy/Mystery series Evah!!!, not that I'm a fan-boy or anything), wrote a series of blog posts on the craft of writing, starting in 2004, and continuing on, very intermittently, to 2011. They're among the best writing advice I've ever read, right up there with King's "On Writing", Swain's "Techniques of the Selling Writer" (which uses some of the same tools Butcher describes), and James Scott Bell's non-nonsense craft books. Here they are, in order: * Introduction: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/600.html * Story Craft: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/969.html * Conflict, Logical Response, Point of View: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1262.html * Fundamentals--Story Skeletons: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1308.html * Characters: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1698.html * The Great Swampy Middle: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1865.html * SCENES: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2647.html * SEQUELS: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2880.html * Story Climax: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/3447.html * Putting It All Together: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4053.html (If you're stuck in your writing, or can't seem to finish your stories, read this first.) * The Most Important Thing an Aspiring Author Needs to Know: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4217.html There you have it, folks. If you're anything like Jim in your style of writing, and want to write tight, fast-paced books with great arcs and characters, this is the way to go. (And in case you missed it: Peace Talks and Battle Grounds, the 16th and 17th Dresden novels, finally came out this year! No, I'm totally not a fan-boy :D) | gj0ndf2 | gj2f3p1 | 1,610,471,755 | 1,610,502,211 | 5 | 6 | Oh wow, I love when author's really get into their process and share it. I have not read any of the Dresden books, but I keep hearing about them. Might have to give it a shot soon. | I studied under the same professor in the same writing program as Jim Butcher (although years after he graduated). I learned so much about the structure of writing. The professor we had in common, Deborah Chestor, is a genius at breaking novels down and communicating how to accomplish advanced things in easy to understand ways. I'm looking forward to reading Jim's thoughts on structure. | 0 | 30,456 | 1.2 | ||
kvqif6 | writing_train | 0.99 | Jim Butcher (Bestselling Fantasy Author of the Dresden Files, Codex Alera and more) Wrote an Amazing Series of Posts Describing Exactly How He Does It - Writing + Plotting + Advice to New Writers + more Jim Butcher (creator of the Harry Dresden books, which happen to be the best Urban Fantasy/Mystery series Evah!!!, not that I'm a fan-boy or anything), wrote a series of blog posts on the craft of writing, starting in 2004, and continuing on, very intermittently, to 2011. They're among the best writing advice I've ever read, right up there with King's "On Writing", Swain's "Techniques of the Selling Writer" (which uses some of the same tools Butcher describes), and James Scott Bell's non-nonsense craft books. Here they are, in order: * Introduction: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/600.html * Story Craft: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/969.html * Conflict, Logical Response, Point of View: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1262.html * Fundamentals--Story Skeletons: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1308.html * Characters: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1698.html * The Great Swampy Middle: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1865.html * SCENES: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2647.html * SEQUELS: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2880.html * Story Climax: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/3447.html * Putting It All Together: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4053.html (If you're stuck in your writing, or can't seem to finish your stories, read this first.) * The Most Important Thing an Aspiring Author Needs to Know: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4217.html There you have it, folks. If you're anything like Jim in your style of writing, and want to write tight, fast-paced books with great arcs and characters, this is the way to go. (And in case you missed it: Peace Talks and Battle Grounds, the 16th and 17th Dresden novels, finally came out this year! No, I'm totally not a fan-boy :D) | gj290d3 | gj2f3p1 | 1,610,498,909 | 1,610,502,211 | 5 | 6 | Wow livejournal. Been awhile since I heard a blog hosted on that one | I studied under the same professor in the same writing program as Jim Butcher (although years after he graduated). I learned so much about the structure of writing. The professor we had in common, Deborah Chestor, is a genius at breaking novels down and communicating how to accomplish advanced things in easy to understand ways. I'm looking forward to reading Jim's thoughts on structure. | 0 | 3,302 | 1.2 | ||
kvqif6 | writing_train | 0.99 | Jim Butcher (Bestselling Fantasy Author of the Dresden Files, Codex Alera and more) Wrote an Amazing Series of Posts Describing Exactly How He Does It - Writing + Plotting + Advice to New Writers + more Jim Butcher (creator of the Harry Dresden books, which happen to be the best Urban Fantasy/Mystery series Evah!!!, not that I'm a fan-boy or anything), wrote a series of blog posts on the craft of writing, starting in 2004, and continuing on, very intermittently, to 2011. They're among the best writing advice I've ever read, right up there with King's "On Writing", Swain's "Techniques of the Selling Writer" (which uses some of the same tools Butcher describes), and James Scott Bell's non-nonsense craft books. Here they are, in order: * Introduction: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/600.html * Story Craft: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/969.html * Conflict, Logical Response, Point of View: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1262.html * Fundamentals--Story Skeletons: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1308.html * Characters: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1698.html * The Great Swampy Middle: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1865.html * SCENES: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2647.html * SEQUELS: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2880.html * Story Climax: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/3447.html * Putting It All Together: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4053.html (If you're stuck in your writing, or can't seem to finish your stories, read this first.) * The Most Important Thing an Aspiring Author Needs to Know: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4217.html There you have it, folks. If you're anything like Jim in your style of writing, and want to write tight, fast-paced books with great arcs and characters, this is the way to go. (And in case you missed it: Peace Talks and Battle Grounds, the 16th and 17th Dresden novels, finally came out this year! No, I'm totally not a fan-boy :D) | gj15stl | gj2f3p1 | 1,610,480,047 | 1,610,502,211 | 3 | 6 | Im in the middle of re-reading Dresden for the 4th or 5th(?) time at the moment, I wanted to do a re-read for Peace Talks. I literally finished Death Masks at 2am, so believe me when I say, holy shit thank you for this post. I didn't realise that I had 2 new books to look forward to. | I studied under the same professor in the same writing program as Jim Butcher (although years after he graduated). I learned so much about the structure of writing. The professor we had in common, Deborah Chestor, is a genius at breaking novels down and communicating how to accomplish advanced things in easy to understand ways. I'm looking forward to reading Jim's thoughts on structure. | 0 | 22,164 | 2 | ||
kvqif6 | writing_train | 0.99 | Jim Butcher (Bestselling Fantasy Author of the Dresden Files, Codex Alera and more) Wrote an Amazing Series of Posts Describing Exactly How He Does It - Writing + Plotting + Advice to New Writers + more Jim Butcher (creator of the Harry Dresden books, which happen to be the best Urban Fantasy/Mystery series Evah!!!, not that I'm a fan-boy or anything), wrote a series of blog posts on the craft of writing, starting in 2004, and continuing on, very intermittently, to 2011. They're among the best writing advice I've ever read, right up there with King's "On Writing", Swain's "Techniques of the Selling Writer" (which uses some of the same tools Butcher describes), and James Scott Bell's non-nonsense craft books. Here they are, in order: * Introduction: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/600.html * Story Craft: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/969.html * Conflict, Logical Response, Point of View: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1262.html * Fundamentals--Story Skeletons: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1308.html * Characters: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1698.html * The Great Swampy Middle: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1865.html * SCENES: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2647.html * SEQUELS: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2880.html * Story Climax: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/3447.html * Putting It All Together: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4053.html (If you're stuck in your writing, or can't seem to finish your stories, read this first.) * The Most Important Thing an Aspiring Author Needs to Know: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4217.html There you have it, folks. If you're anything like Jim in your style of writing, and want to write tight, fast-paced books with great arcs and characters, this is the way to go. (And in case you missed it: Peace Talks and Battle Grounds, the 16th and 17th Dresden novels, finally came out this year! No, I'm totally not a fan-boy :D) | gj0ussr | gj2f3p1 | 1,610,475,092 | 1,610,502,211 | 1 | 6 | Bless I love the Dresden Files | I studied under the same professor in the same writing program as Jim Butcher (although years after he graduated). I learned so much about the structure of writing. The professor we had in common, Deborah Chestor, is a genius at breaking novels down and communicating how to accomplish advanced things in easy to understand ways. I'm looking forward to reading Jim's thoughts on structure. | 0 | 27,119 | 6 | ||
kvqif6 | writing_train | 0.99 | Jim Butcher (Bestselling Fantasy Author of the Dresden Files, Codex Alera and more) Wrote an Amazing Series of Posts Describing Exactly How He Does It - Writing + Plotting + Advice to New Writers + more Jim Butcher (creator of the Harry Dresden books, which happen to be the best Urban Fantasy/Mystery series Evah!!!, not that I'm a fan-boy or anything), wrote a series of blog posts on the craft of writing, starting in 2004, and continuing on, very intermittently, to 2011. They're among the best writing advice I've ever read, right up there with King's "On Writing", Swain's "Techniques of the Selling Writer" (which uses some of the same tools Butcher describes), and James Scott Bell's non-nonsense craft books. Here they are, in order: * Introduction: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/600.html * Story Craft: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/969.html * Conflict, Logical Response, Point of View: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1262.html * Fundamentals--Story Skeletons: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1308.html * Characters: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1698.html * The Great Swampy Middle: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1865.html * SCENES: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2647.html * SEQUELS: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2880.html * Story Climax: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/3447.html * Putting It All Together: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4053.html (If you're stuck in your writing, or can't seem to finish your stories, read this first.) * The Most Important Thing an Aspiring Author Needs to Know: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4217.html There you have it, folks. If you're anything like Jim in your style of writing, and want to write tight, fast-paced books with great arcs and characters, this is the way to go. (And in case you missed it: Peace Talks and Battle Grounds, the 16th and 17th Dresden novels, finally came out this year! No, I'm totally not a fan-boy :D) | gj15dtp | gj2f3p1 | 1,610,479,857 | 1,610,502,211 | 1 | 6 | I started reading Dresden Files at Proven Guilty, then read the following books, then started reading the series from the beginning. I'm actually glad I started in the middle because I wasn't as immersed in Storm Front. (though one of his side stories that he said was a horrible early draft was actually one of my favorites). Still, I'm really excited to see this writing advice. I binged the whole series my senior year of high school. | I studied under the same professor in the same writing program as Jim Butcher (although years after he graduated). I learned so much about the structure of writing. The professor we had in common, Deborah Chestor, is a genius at breaking novels down and communicating how to accomplish advanced things in easy to understand ways. I'm looking forward to reading Jim's thoughts on structure. | 0 | 22,354 | 6 | ||
kvqif6 | writing_train | 0.99 | Jim Butcher (Bestselling Fantasy Author of the Dresden Files, Codex Alera and more) Wrote an Amazing Series of Posts Describing Exactly How He Does It - Writing + Plotting + Advice to New Writers + more Jim Butcher (creator of the Harry Dresden books, which happen to be the best Urban Fantasy/Mystery series Evah!!!, not that I'm a fan-boy or anything), wrote a series of blog posts on the craft of writing, starting in 2004, and continuing on, very intermittently, to 2011. They're among the best writing advice I've ever read, right up there with King's "On Writing", Swain's "Techniques of the Selling Writer" (which uses some of the same tools Butcher describes), and James Scott Bell's non-nonsense craft books. Here they are, in order: * Introduction: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/600.html * Story Craft: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/969.html * Conflict, Logical Response, Point of View: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1262.html * Fundamentals--Story Skeletons: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1308.html * Characters: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1698.html * The Great Swampy Middle: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1865.html * SCENES: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2647.html * SEQUELS: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2880.html * Story Climax: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/3447.html * Putting It All Together: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4053.html (If you're stuck in your writing, or can't seem to finish your stories, read this first.) * The Most Important Thing an Aspiring Author Needs to Know: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4217.html There you have it, folks. If you're anything like Jim in your style of writing, and want to write tight, fast-paced books with great arcs and characters, this is the way to go. (And in case you missed it: Peace Talks and Battle Grounds, the 16th and 17th Dresden novels, finally came out this year! No, I'm totally not a fan-boy :D) | gizzf2a | gj2f3p1 | 1,610,459,656 | 1,610,502,211 | 0 | 6 | Fantastic! Thank you! | I studied under the same professor in the same writing program as Jim Butcher (although years after he graduated). I learned so much about the structure of writing. The professor we had in common, Deborah Chestor, is a genius at breaking novels down and communicating how to accomplish advanced things in easy to understand ways. I'm looking forward to reading Jim's thoughts on structure. | 0 | 42,555 | 6,000 | ||
kvqif6 | writing_train | 0.99 | Jim Butcher (Bestselling Fantasy Author of the Dresden Files, Codex Alera and more) Wrote an Amazing Series of Posts Describing Exactly How He Does It - Writing + Plotting + Advice to New Writers + more Jim Butcher (creator of the Harry Dresden books, which happen to be the best Urban Fantasy/Mystery series Evah!!!, not that I'm a fan-boy or anything), wrote a series of blog posts on the craft of writing, starting in 2004, and continuing on, very intermittently, to 2011. They're among the best writing advice I've ever read, right up there with King's "On Writing", Swain's "Techniques of the Selling Writer" (which uses some of the same tools Butcher describes), and James Scott Bell's non-nonsense craft books. Here they are, in order: * Introduction: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/600.html * Story Craft: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/969.html * Conflict, Logical Response, Point of View: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1262.html * Fundamentals--Story Skeletons: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1308.html * Characters: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1698.html * The Great Swampy Middle: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1865.html * SCENES: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2647.html * SEQUELS: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2880.html * Story Climax: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/3447.html * Putting It All Together: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4053.html (If you're stuck in your writing, or can't seem to finish your stories, read this first.) * The Most Important Thing an Aspiring Author Needs to Know: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4217.html There you have it, folks. If you're anything like Jim in your style of writing, and want to write tight, fast-paced books with great arcs and characters, this is the way to go. (And in case you missed it: Peace Talks and Battle Grounds, the 16th and 17th Dresden novels, finally came out this year! No, I'm totally not a fan-boy :D) | gj09d05 | gj2f3p1 | 1,610,464,958 | 1,610,502,211 | 0 | 6 | This is USEFUL! Thank you! | I studied under the same professor in the same writing program as Jim Butcher (although years after he graduated). I learned so much about the structure of writing. The professor we had in common, Deborah Chestor, is a genius at breaking novels down and communicating how to accomplish advanced things in easy to understand ways. I'm looking forward to reading Jim's thoughts on structure. | 0 | 37,253 | 6,000 | ||
kvqif6 | writing_train | 0.99 | Jim Butcher (Bestselling Fantasy Author of the Dresden Files, Codex Alera and more) Wrote an Amazing Series of Posts Describing Exactly How He Does It - Writing + Plotting + Advice to New Writers + more Jim Butcher (creator of the Harry Dresden books, which happen to be the best Urban Fantasy/Mystery series Evah!!!, not that I'm a fan-boy or anything), wrote a series of blog posts on the craft of writing, starting in 2004, and continuing on, very intermittently, to 2011. They're among the best writing advice I've ever read, right up there with King's "On Writing", Swain's "Techniques of the Selling Writer" (which uses some of the same tools Butcher describes), and James Scott Bell's non-nonsense craft books. Here they are, in order: * Introduction: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/600.html * Story Craft: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/969.html * Conflict, Logical Response, Point of View: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1262.html * Fundamentals--Story Skeletons: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1308.html * Characters: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1698.html * The Great Swampy Middle: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1865.html * SCENES: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2647.html * SEQUELS: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2880.html * Story Climax: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/3447.html * Putting It All Together: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4053.html (If you're stuck in your writing, or can't seem to finish your stories, read this first.) * The Most Important Thing an Aspiring Author Needs to Know: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4217.html There you have it, folks. If you're anything like Jim in your style of writing, and want to write tight, fast-paced books with great arcs and characters, this is the way to go. (And in case you missed it: Peace Talks and Battle Grounds, the 16th and 17th Dresden novels, finally came out this year! No, I'm totally not a fan-boy :D) | gj2f3p1 | gj0in63 | 1,610,502,211 | 1,610,469,593 | 6 | 0 | I studied under the same professor in the same writing program as Jim Butcher (although years after he graduated). I learned so much about the structure of writing. The professor we had in common, Deborah Chestor, is a genius at breaking novels down and communicating how to accomplish advanced things in easy to understand ways. I'm looking forward to reading Jim's thoughts on structure. | Bless you tysm | 1 | 32,618 | 6,000 | ||
kvqif6 | writing_train | 0.99 | Jim Butcher (Bestselling Fantasy Author of the Dresden Files, Codex Alera and more) Wrote an Amazing Series of Posts Describing Exactly How He Does It - Writing + Plotting + Advice to New Writers + more Jim Butcher (creator of the Harry Dresden books, which happen to be the best Urban Fantasy/Mystery series Evah!!!, not that I'm a fan-boy or anything), wrote a series of blog posts on the craft of writing, starting in 2004, and continuing on, very intermittently, to 2011. They're among the best writing advice I've ever read, right up there with King's "On Writing", Swain's "Techniques of the Selling Writer" (which uses some of the same tools Butcher describes), and James Scott Bell's non-nonsense craft books. Here they are, in order: * Introduction: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/600.html * Story Craft: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/969.html * Conflict, Logical Response, Point of View: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1262.html * Fundamentals--Story Skeletons: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1308.html * Characters: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1698.html * The Great Swampy Middle: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1865.html * SCENES: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2647.html * SEQUELS: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2880.html * Story Climax: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/3447.html * Putting It All Together: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4053.html (If you're stuck in your writing, or can't seem to finish your stories, read this first.) * The Most Important Thing an Aspiring Author Needs to Know: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4217.html There you have it, folks. If you're anything like Jim in your style of writing, and want to write tight, fast-paced books with great arcs and characters, this is the way to go. (And in case you missed it: Peace Talks and Battle Grounds, the 16th and 17th Dresden novels, finally came out this year! No, I'm totally not a fan-boy :D) | gj2f3p1 | gj103i4 | 1,610,502,211 | 1,610,477,469 | 6 | 0 | I studied under the same professor in the same writing program as Jim Butcher (although years after he graduated). I learned so much about the structure of writing. The professor we had in common, Deborah Chestor, is a genius at breaking novels down and communicating how to accomplish advanced things in easy to understand ways. I'm looking forward to reading Jim's thoughts on structure. | God dam this is inspiring. Thanks for posting this OP! | 1 | 24,742 | 6,000 | ||
kvqif6 | writing_train | 0.99 | Jim Butcher (Bestselling Fantasy Author of the Dresden Files, Codex Alera and more) Wrote an Amazing Series of Posts Describing Exactly How He Does It - Writing + Plotting + Advice to New Writers + more Jim Butcher (creator of the Harry Dresden books, which happen to be the best Urban Fantasy/Mystery series Evah!!!, not that I'm a fan-boy or anything), wrote a series of blog posts on the craft of writing, starting in 2004, and continuing on, very intermittently, to 2011. They're among the best writing advice I've ever read, right up there with King's "On Writing", Swain's "Techniques of the Selling Writer" (which uses some of the same tools Butcher describes), and James Scott Bell's non-nonsense craft books. Here they are, in order: * Introduction: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/600.html * Story Craft: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/969.html * Conflict, Logical Response, Point of View: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1262.html * Fundamentals--Story Skeletons: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1308.html * Characters: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1698.html * The Great Swampy Middle: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1865.html * SCENES: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2647.html * SEQUELS: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2880.html * Story Climax: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/3447.html * Putting It All Together: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4053.html (If you're stuck in your writing, or can't seem to finish your stories, read this first.) * The Most Important Thing an Aspiring Author Needs to Know: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4217.html There you have it, folks. If you're anything like Jim in your style of writing, and want to write tight, fast-paced books with great arcs and characters, this is the way to go. (And in case you missed it: Peace Talks and Battle Grounds, the 16th and 17th Dresden novels, finally came out this year! No, I'm totally not a fan-boy :D) | gj2f3p1 | gj1fubr | 1,610,502,211 | 1,610,484,632 | 6 | 0 | I studied under the same professor in the same writing program as Jim Butcher (although years after he graduated). I learned so much about the structure of writing. The professor we had in common, Deborah Chestor, is a genius at breaking novels down and communicating how to accomplish advanced things in easy to understand ways. I'm looking forward to reading Jim's thoughts on structure. | You are a godsend. Thank you, you wonderful soul, and I thank these authors for passing this intriguing knowledge onto us. | 1 | 17,579 | 6,000 | ||
kvqif6 | writing_train | 0.99 | Jim Butcher (Bestselling Fantasy Author of the Dresden Files, Codex Alera and more) Wrote an Amazing Series of Posts Describing Exactly How He Does It - Writing + Plotting + Advice to New Writers + more Jim Butcher (creator of the Harry Dresden books, which happen to be the best Urban Fantasy/Mystery series Evah!!!, not that I'm a fan-boy or anything), wrote a series of blog posts on the craft of writing, starting in 2004, and continuing on, very intermittently, to 2011. They're among the best writing advice I've ever read, right up there with King's "On Writing", Swain's "Techniques of the Selling Writer" (which uses some of the same tools Butcher describes), and James Scott Bell's non-nonsense craft books. Here they are, in order: * Introduction: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/600.html * Story Craft: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/969.html * Conflict, Logical Response, Point of View: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1262.html * Fundamentals--Story Skeletons: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1308.html * Characters: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1698.html * The Great Swampy Middle: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1865.html * SCENES: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2647.html * SEQUELS: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2880.html * Story Climax: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/3447.html * Putting It All Together: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4053.html (If you're stuck in your writing, or can't seem to finish your stories, read this first.) * The Most Important Thing an Aspiring Author Needs to Know: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4217.html There you have it, folks. If you're anything like Jim in your style of writing, and want to write tight, fast-paced books with great arcs and characters, this is the way to go. (And in case you missed it: Peace Talks and Battle Grounds, the 16th and 17th Dresden novels, finally came out this year! No, I'm totally not a fan-boy :D) | gj2f3p1 | gj20vlw | 1,610,502,211 | 1,610,494,616 | 6 | 0 | I studied under the same professor in the same writing program as Jim Butcher (although years after he graduated). I learned so much about the structure of writing. The professor we had in common, Deborah Chestor, is a genius at breaking novels down and communicating how to accomplish advanced things in easy to understand ways. I'm looking forward to reading Jim's thoughts on structure. | I love The Codex Alera series. Haven’t started on his other series, yet. Will eventually, when I have the money to do so. Thanks for posting this, though. Will be helpful to maybe get writing again. | 1 | 7,595 | 6,000 | ||
kvqif6 | writing_train | 0.99 | Jim Butcher (Bestselling Fantasy Author of the Dresden Files, Codex Alera and more) Wrote an Amazing Series of Posts Describing Exactly How He Does It - Writing + Plotting + Advice to New Writers + more Jim Butcher (creator of the Harry Dresden books, which happen to be the best Urban Fantasy/Mystery series Evah!!!, not that I'm a fan-boy or anything), wrote a series of blog posts on the craft of writing, starting in 2004, and continuing on, very intermittently, to 2011. They're among the best writing advice I've ever read, right up there with King's "On Writing", Swain's "Techniques of the Selling Writer" (which uses some of the same tools Butcher describes), and James Scott Bell's non-nonsense craft books. Here they are, in order: * Introduction: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/600.html * Story Craft: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/969.html * Conflict, Logical Response, Point of View: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1262.html * Fundamentals--Story Skeletons: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1308.html * Characters: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1698.html * The Great Swampy Middle: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1865.html * SCENES: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2647.html * SEQUELS: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2880.html * Story Climax: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/3447.html * Putting It All Together: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4053.html (If you're stuck in your writing, or can't seem to finish your stories, read this first.) * The Most Important Thing an Aspiring Author Needs to Know: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4217.html There you have it, folks. If you're anything like Jim in your style of writing, and want to write tight, fast-paced books with great arcs and characters, this is the way to go. (And in case you missed it: Peace Talks and Battle Grounds, the 16th and 17th Dresden novels, finally came out this year! No, I'm totally not a fan-boy :D) | gj2f3p1 | gj23h4b | 1,610,502,211 | 1,610,495,970 | 6 | 0 | I studied under the same professor in the same writing program as Jim Butcher (although years after he graduated). I learned so much about the structure of writing. The professor we had in common, Deborah Chestor, is a genius at breaking novels down and communicating how to accomplish advanced things in easy to understand ways. I'm looking forward to reading Jim's thoughts on structure. | Doot. | 1 | 6,241 | 6,000 | ||
kvqif6 | writing_train | 0.99 | Jim Butcher (Bestselling Fantasy Author of the Dresden Files, Codex Alera and more) Wrote an Amazing Series of Posts Describing Exactly How He Does It - Writing + Plotting + Advice to New Writers + more Jim Butcher (creator of the Harry Dresden books, which happen to be the best Urban Fantasy/Mystery series Evah!!!, not that I'm a fan-boy or anything), wrote a series of blog posts on the craft of writing, starting in 2004, and continuing on, very intermittently, to 2011. They're among the best writing advice I've ever read, right up there with King's "On Writing", Swain's "Techniques of the Selling Writer" (which uses some of the same tools Butcher describes), and James Scott Bell's non-nonsense craft books. Here they are, in order: * Introduction: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/600.html * Story Craft: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/969.html * Conflict, Logical Response, Point of View: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1262.html * Fundamentals--Story Skeletons: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1308.html * Characters: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1698.html * The Great Swampy Middle: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1865.html * SCENES: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2647.html * SEQUELS: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2880.html * Story Climax: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/3447.html * Putting It All Together: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4053.html (If you're stuck in your writing, or can't seem to finish your stories, read this first.) * The Most Important Thing an Aspiring Author Needs to Know: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4217.html There you have it, folks. If you're anything like Jim in your style of writing, and want to write tight, fast-paced books with great arcs and characters, this is the way to go. (And in case you missed it: Peace Talks and Battle Grounds, the 16th and 17th Dresden novels, finally came out this year! No, I'm totally not a fan-boy :D) | gj29jn0 | gj2f3p1 | 1,610,499,199 | 1,610,502,211 | 0 | 6 | Saved for later | I studied under the same professor in the same writing program as Jim Butcher (although years after he graduated). I learned so much about the structure of writing. The professor we had in common, Deborah Chestor, is a genius at breaking novels down and communicating how to accomplish advanced things in easy to understand ways. I'm looking forward to reading Jim's thoughts on structure. | 0 | 3,012 | 6,000 | ||
kvqif6 | writing_train | 0.99 | Jim Butcher (Bestselling Fantasy Author of the Dresden Files, Codex Alera and more) Wrote an Amazing Series of Posts Describing Exactly How He Does It - Writing + Plotting + Advice to New Writers + more Jim Butcher (creator of the Harry Dresden books, which happen to be the best Urban Fantasy/Mystery series Evah!!!, not that I'm a fan-boy or anything), wrote a series of blog posts on the craft of writing, starting in 2004, and continuing on, very intermittently, to 2011. They're among the best writing advice I've ever read, right up there with King's "On Writing", Swain's "Techniques of the Selling Writer" (which uses some of the same tools Butcher describes), and James Scott Bell's non-nonsense craft books. Here they are, in order: * Introduction: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/600.html * Story Craft: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/969.html * Conflict, Logical Response, Point of View: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1262.html * Fundamentals--Story Skeletons: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1308.html * Characters: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1698.html * The Great Swampy Middle: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1865.html * SCENES: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2647.html * SEQUELS: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2880.html * Story Climax: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/3447.html * Putting It All Together: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4053.html (If you're stuck in your writing, or can't seem to finish your stories, read this first.) * The Most Important Thing an Aspiring Author Needs to Know: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4217.html There you have it, folks. If you're anything like Jim in your style of writing, and want to write tight, fast-paced books with great arcs and characters, this is the way to go. (And in case you missed it: Peace Talks and Battle Grounds, the 16th and 17th Dresden novels, finally came out this year! No, I'm totally not a fan-boy :D) | gj2f3p1 | gj29ops | 1,610,502,211 | 1,610,499,274 | 6 | 1 | I studied under the same professor in the same writing program as Jim Butcher (although years after he graduated). I learned so much about the structure of writing. The professor we had in common, Deborah Chestor, is a genius at breaking novels down and communicating how to accomplish advanced things in easy to understand ways. I'm looking forward to reading Jim's thoughts on structure. | This looks like a copy paste from Karen Woodward's blog. But thanks. Cred to you AND Karen. Copy or not, sharing JB's awesomeness is always something I dig | 1 | 2,937 | 6 | ||
kvqif6 | writing_train | 0.99 | Jim Butcher (Bestselling Fantasy Author of the Dresden Files, Codex Alera and more) Wrote an Amazing Series of Posts Describing Exactly How He Does It - Writing + Plotting + Advice to New Writers + more Jim Butcher (creator of the Harry Dresden books, which happen to be the best Urban Fantasy/Mystery series Evah!!!, not that I'm a fan-boy or anything), wrote a series of blog posts on the craft of writing, starting in 2004, and continuing on, very intermittently, to 2011. They're among the best writing advice I've ever read, right up there with King's "On Writing", Swain's "Techniques of the Selling Writer" (which uses some of the same tools Butcher describes), and James Scott Bell's non-nonsense craft books. Here they are, in order: * Introduction: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/600.html * Story Craft: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/969.html * Conflict, Logical Response, Point of View: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1262.html * Fundamentals--Story Skeletons: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1308.html * Characters: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1698.html * The Great Swampy Middle: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1865.html * SCENES: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2647.html * SEQUELS: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2880.html * Story Climax: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/3447.html * Putting It All Together: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4053.html (If you're stuck in your writing, or can't seem to finish your stories, read this first.) * The Most Important Thing an Aspiring Author Needs to Know: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4217.html There you have it, folks. If you're anything like Jim in your style of writing, and want to write tight, fast-paced books with great arcs and characters, this is the way to go. (And in case you missed it: Peace Talks and Battle Grounds, the 16th and 17th Dresden novels, finally came out this year! No, I'm totally not a fan-boy :D) | gj15stl | gj2ogr8 | 1,610,480,047 | 1,610,507,197 | 3 | 5 | Im in the middle of re-reading Dresden for the 4th or 5th(?) time at the moment, I wanted to do a re-read for Peace Talks. I literally finished Death Masks at 2am, so believe me when I say, holy shit thank you for this post. I didn't realise that I had 2 new books to look forward to. | His method was taught to him by a student of Jack Bickham. Jack Bickham's How to Write the Short Story is amazing if you want to learn Butcher's punchy style. | 0 | 27,150 | 1.666667 | ||
kvqif6 | writing_train | 0.99 | Jim Butcher (Bestselling Fantasy Author of the Dresden Files, Codex Alera and more) Wrote an Amazing Series of Posts Describing Exactly How He Does It - Writing + Plotting + Advice to New Writers + more Jim Butcher (creator of the Harry Dresden books, which happen to be the best Urban Fantasy/Mystery series Evah!!!, not that I'm a fan-boy or anything), wrote a series of blog posts on the craft of writing, starting in 2004, and continuing on, very intermittently, to 2011. They're among the best writing advice I've ever read, right up there with King's "On Writing", Swain's "Techniques of the Selling Writer" (which uses some of the same tools Butcher describes), and James Scott Bell's non-nonsense craft books. Here they are, in order: * Introduction: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/600.html * Story Craft: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/969.html * Conflict, Logical Response, Point of View: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1262.html * Fundamentals--Story Skeletons: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1308.html * Characters: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1698.html * The Great Swampy Middle: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1865.html * SCENES: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2647.html * SEQUELS: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2880.html * Story Climax: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/3447.html * Putting It All Together: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4053.html (If you're stuck in your writing, or can't seem to finish your stories, read this first.) * The Most Important Thing an Aspiring Author Needs to Know: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4217.html There you have it, folks. If you're anything like Jim in your style of writing, and want to write tight, fast-paced books with great arcs and characters, this is the way to go. (And in case you missed it: Peace Talks and Battle Grounds, the 16th and 17th Dresden novels, finally came out this year! No, I'm totally not a fan-boy :D) | gj2kos4 | gj2ogr8 | 1,610,505,196 | 1,610,507,197 | 3 | 5 | Thanks for sharing this info from Butcher/Chester on the writing craft! Re King's 'On Writing', I liked it, but it seemed to me more a memoir and only somewhat about the craft. I also liked 'How Fiction Works' by James Wood though it's a bit theoretical. | His method was taught to him by a student of Jack Bickham. Jack Bickham's How to Write the Short Story is amazing if you want to learn Butcher's punchy style. | 0 | 2,001 | 1.666667 | ||
kvqif6 | writing_train | 0.99 | Jim Butcher (Bestselling Fantasy Author of the Dresden Files, Codex Alera and more) Wrote an Amazing Series of Posts Describing Exactly How He Does It - Writing + Plotting + Advice to New Writers + more Jim Butcher (creator of the Harry Dresden books, which happen to be the best Urban Fantasy/Mystery series Evah!!!, not that I'm a fan-boy or anything), wrote a series of blog posts on the craft of writing, starting in 2004, and continuing on, very intermittently, to 2011. They're among the best writing advice I've ever read, right up there with King's "On Writing", Swain's "Techniques of the Selling Writer" (which uses some of the same tools Butcher describes), and James Scott Bell's non-nonsense craft books. Here they are, in order: * Introduction: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/600.html * Story Craft: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/969.html * Conflict, Logical Response, Point of View: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1262.html * Fundamentals--Story Skeletons: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1308.html * Characters: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1698.html * The Great Swampy Middle: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1865.html * SCENES: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2647.html * SEQUELS: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2880.html * Story Climax: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/3447.html * Putting It All Together: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4053.html (If you're stuck in your writing, or can't seem to finish your stories, read this first.) * The Most Important Thing an Aspiring Author Needs to Know: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4217.html There you have it, folks. If you're anything like Jim in your style of writing, and want to write tight, fast-paced books with great arcs and characters, this is the way to go. (And in case you missed it: Peace Talks and Battle Grounds, the 16th and 17th Dresden novels, finally came out this year! No, I'm totally not a fan-boy :D) | gj2ogr8 | gj0ussr | 1,610,507,197 | 1,610,475,092 | 5 | 1 | His method was taught to him by a student of Jack Bickham. Jack Bickham's How to Write the Short Story is amazing if you want to learn Butcher's punchy style. | Bless I love the Dresden Files | 1 | 32,105 | 5 | ||
kvqif6 | writing_train | 0.99 | Jim Butcher (Bestselling Fantasy Author of the Dresden Files, Codex Alera and more) Wrote an Amazing Series of Posts Describing Exactly How He Does It - Writing + Plotting + Advice to New Writers + more Jim Butcher (creator of the Harry Dresden books, which happen to be the best Urban Fantasy/Mystery series Evah!!!, not that I'm a fan-boy or anything), wrote a series of blog posts on the craft of writing, starting in 2004, and continuing on, very intermittently, to 2011. They're among the best writing advice I've ever read, right up there with King's "On Writing", Swain's "Techniques of the Selling Writer" (which uses some of the same tools Butcher describes), and James Scott Bell's non-nonsense craft books. Here they are, in order: * Introduction: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/600.html * Story Craft: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/969.html * Conflict, Logical Response, Point of View: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1262.html * Fundamentals--Story Skeletons: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1308.html * Characters: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1698.html * The Great Swampy Middle: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1865.html * SCENES: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2647.html * SEQUELS: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2880.html * Story Climax: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/3447.html * Putting It All Together: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4053.html (If you're stuck in your writing, or can't seem to finish your stories, read this first.) * The Most Important Thing an Aspiring Author Needs to Know: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4217.html There you have it, folks. If you're anything like Jim in your style of writing, and want to write tight, fast-paced books with great arcs and characters, this is the way to go. (And in case you missed it: Peace Talks and Battle Grounds, the 16th and 17th Dresden novels, finally came out this year! No, I'm totally not a fan-boy :D) | gj15dtp | gj2ogr8 | 1,610,479,857 | 1,610,507,197 | 1 | 5 | I started reading Dresden Files at Proven Guilty, then read the following books, then started reading the series from the beginning. I'm actually glad I started in the middle because I wasn't as immersed in Storm Front. (though one of his side stories that he said was a horrible early draft was actually one of my favorites). Still, I'm really excited to see this writing advice. I binged the whole series my senior year of high school. | His method was taught to him by a student of Jack Bickham. Jack Bickham's How to Write the Short Story is amazing if you want to learn Butcher's punchy style. | 0 | 27,340 | 5 | ||
kvqif6 | writing_train | 0.99 | Jim Butcher (Bestselling Fantasy Author of the Dresden Files, Codex Alera and more) Wrote an Amazing Series of Posts Describing Exactly How He Does It - Writing + Plotting + Advice to New Writers + more Jim Butcher (creator of the Harry Dresden books, which happen to be the best Urban Fantasy/Mystery series Evah!!!, not that I'm a fan-boy or anything), wrote a series of blog posts on the craft of writing, starting in 2004, and continuing on, very intermittently, to 2011. They're among the best writing advice I've ever read, right up there with King's "On Writing", Swain's "Techniques of the Selling Writer" (which uses some of the same tools Butcher describes), and James Scott Bell's non-nonsense craft books. Here they are, in order: * Introduction: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/600.html * Story Craft: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/969.html * Conflict, Logical Response, Point of View: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1262.html * Fundamentals--Story Skeletons: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1308.html * Characters: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1698.html * The Great Swampy Middle: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1865.html * SCENES: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2647.html * SEQUELS: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2880.html * Story Climax: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/3447.html * Putting It All Together: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4053.html (If you're stuck in your writing, or can't seem to finish your stories, read this first.) * The Most Important Thing an Aspiring Author Needs to Know: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4217.html There you have it, folks. If you're anything like Jim in your style of writing, and want to write tight, fast-paced books with great arcs and characters, this is the way to go. (And in case you missed it: Peace Talks and Battle Grounds, the 16th and 17th Dresden novels, finally came out this year! No, I'm totally not a fan-boy :D) | gj2ogr8 | gizzf2a | 1,610,507,197 | 1,610,459,656 | 5 | 0 | His method was taught to him by a student of Jack Bickham. Jack Bickham's How to Write the Short Story is amazing if you want to learn Butcher's punchy style. | Fantastic! Thank you! | 1 | 47,541 | 5,000 | ||
kvqif6 | writing_train | 0.99 | Jim Butcher (Bestselling Fantasy Author of the Dresden Files, Codex Alera and more) Wrote an Amazing Series of Posts Describing Exactly How He Does It - Writing + Plotting + Advice to New Writers + more Jim Butcher (creator of the Harry Dresden books, which happen to be the best Urban Fantasy/Mystery series Evah!!!, not that I'm a fan-boy or anything), wrote a series of blog posts on the craft of writing, starting in 2004, and continuing on, very intermittently, to 2011. They're among the best writing advice I've ever read, right up there with King's "On Writing", Swain's "Techniques of the Selling Writer" (which uses some of the same tools Butcher describes), and James Scott Bell's non-nonsense craft books. Here they are, in order: * Introduction: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/600.html * Story Craft: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/969.html * Conflict, Logical Response, Point of View: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1262.html * Fundamentals--Story Skeletons: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1308.html * Characters: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1698.html * The Great Swampy Middle: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1865.html * SCENES: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2647.html * SEQUELS: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2880.html * Story Climax: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/3447.html * Putting It All Together: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4053.html (If you're stuck in your writing, or can't seem to finish your stories, read this first.) * The Most Important Thing an Aspiring Author Needs to Know: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4217.html There you have it, folks. If you're anything like Jim in your style of writing, and want to write tight, fast-paced books with great arcs and characters, this is the way to go. (And in case you missed it: Peace Talks and Battle Grounds, the 16th and 17th Dresden novels, finally came out this year! No, I'm totally not a fan-boy :D) | gj09d05 | gj2ogr8 | 1,610,464,958 | 1,610,507,197 | 0 | 5 | This is USEFUL! Thank you! | His method was taught to him by a student of Jack Bickham. Jack Bickham's How to Write the Short Story is amazing if you want to learn Butcher's punchy style. | 0 | 42,239 | 5,000 | ||
kvqif6 | writing_train | 0.99 | Jim Butcher (Bestselling Fantasy Author of the Dresden Files, Codex Alera and more) Wrote an Amazing Series of Posts Describing Exactly How He Does It - Writing + Plotting + Advice to New Writers + more Jim Butcher (creator of the Harry Dresden books, which happen to be the best Urban Fantasy/Mystery series Evah!!!, not that I'm a fan-boy or anything), wrote a series of blog posts on the craft of writing, starting in 2004, and continuing on, very intermittently, to 2011. They're among the best writing advice I've ever read, right up there with King's "On Writing", Swain's "Techniques of the Selling Writer" (which uses some of the same tools Butcher describes), and James Scott Bell's non-nonsense craft books. Here they are, in order: * Introduction: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/600.html * Story Craft: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/969.html * Conflict, Logical Response, Point of View: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1262.html * Fundamentals--Story Skeletons: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1308.html * Characters: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1698.html * The Great Swampy Middle: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1865.html * SCENES: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2647.html * SEQUELS: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2880.html * Story Climax: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/3447.html * Putting It All Together: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4053.html (If you're stuck in your writing, or can't seem to finish your stories, read this first.) * The Most Important Thing an Aspiring Author Needs to Know: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4217.html There you have it, folks. If you're anything like Jim in your style of writing, and want to write tight, fast-paced books with great arcs and characters, this is the way to go. (And in case you missed it: Peace Talks and Battle Grounds, the 16th and 17th Dresden novels, finally came out this year! No, I'm totally not a fan-boy :D) | gj0in63 | gj2ogr8 | 1,610,469,593 | 1,610,507,197 | 0 | 5 | Bless you tysm | His method was taught to him by a student of Jack Bickham. Jack Bickham's How to Write the Short Story is amazing if you want to learn Butcher's punchy style. | 0 | 37,604 | 5,000 | ||
kvqif6 | writing_train | 0.99 | Jim Butcher (Bestselling Fantasy Author of the Dresden Files, Codex Alera and more) Wrote an Amazing Series of Posts Describing Exactly How He Does It - Writing + Plotting + Advice to New Writers + more Jim Butcher (creator of the Harry Dresden books, which happen to be the best Urban Fantasy/Mystery series Evah!!!, not that I'm a fan-boy or anything), wrote a series of blog posts on the craft of writing, starting in 2004, and continuing on, very intermittently, to 2011. They're among the best writing advice I've ever read, right up there with King's "On Writing", Swain's "Techniques of the Selling Writer" (which uses some of the same tools Butcher describes), and James Scott Bell's non-nonsense craft books. Here they are, in order: * Introduction: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/600.html * Story Craft: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/969.html * Conflict, Logical Response, Point of View: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1262.html * Fundamentals--Story Skeletons: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1308.html * Characters: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1698.html * The Great Swampy Middle: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1865.html * SCENES: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2647.html * SEQUELS: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2880.html * Story Climax: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/3447.html * Putting It All Together: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4053.html (If you're stuck in your writing, or can't seem to finish your stories, read this first.) * The Most Important Thing an Aspiring Author Needs to Know: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4217.html There you have it, folks. If you're anything like Jim in your style of writing, and want to write tight, fast-paced books with great arcs and characters, this is the way to go. (And in case you missed it: Peace Talks and Battle Grounds, the 16th and 17th Dresden novels, finally came out this year! No, I'm totally not a fan-boy :D) | gj103i4 | gj2ogr8 | 1,610,477,469 | 1,610,507,197 | 0 | 5 | God dam this is inspiring. Thanks for posting this OP! | His method was taught to him by a student of Jack Bickham. Jack Bickham's How to Write the Short Story is amazing if you want to learn Butcher's punchy style. | 0 | 29,728 | 5,000 | ||
kvqif6 | writing_train | 0.99 | Jim Butcher (Bestselling Fantasy Author of the Dresden Files, Codex Alera and more) Wrote an Amazing Series of Posts Describing Exactly How He Does It - Writing + Plotting + Advice to New Writers + more Jim Butcher (creator of the Harry Dresden books, which happen to be the best Urban Fantasy/Mystery series Evah!!!, not that I'm a fan-boy or anything), wrote a series of blog posts on the craft of writing, starting in 2004, and continuing on, very intermittently, to 2011. They're among the best writing advice I've ever read, right up there with King's "On Writing", Swain's "Techniques of the Selling Writer" (which uses some of the same tools Butcher describes), and James Scott Bell's non-nonsense craft books. Here they are, in order: * Introduction: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/600.html * Story Craft: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/969.html * Conflict, Logical Response, Point of View: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1262.html * Fundamentals--Story Skeletons: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1308.html * Characters: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1698.html * The Great Swampy Middle: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1865.html * SCENES: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2647.html * SEQUELS: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2880.html * Story Climax: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/3447.html * Putting It All Together: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4053.html (If you're stuck in your writing, or can't seem to finish your stories, read this first.) * The Most Important Thing an Aspiring Author Needs to Know: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4217.html There you have it, folks. If you're anything like Jim in your style of writing, and want to write tight, fast-paced books with great arcs and characters, this is the way to go. (And in case you missed it: Peace Talks and Battle Grounds, the 16th and 17th Dresden novels, finally came out this year! No, I'm totally not a fan-boy :D) | gj2ogr8 | gj1fubr | 1,610,507,197 | 1,610,484,632 | 5 | 0 | His method was taught to him by a student of Jack Bickham. Jack Bickham's How to Write the Short Story is amazing if you want to learn Butcher's punchy style. | You are a godsend. Thank you, you wonderful soul, and I thank these authors for passing this intriguing knowledge onto us. | 1 | 22,565 | 5,000 | ||
kvqif6 | writing_train | 0.99 | Jim Butcher (Bestselling Fantasy Author of the Dresden Files, Codex Alera and more) Wrote an Amazing Series of Posts Describing Exactly How He Does It - Writing + Plotting + Advice to New Writers + more Jim Butcher (creator of the Harry Dresden books, which happen to be the best Urban Fantasy/Mystery series Evah!!!, not that I'm a fan-boy or anything), wrote a series of blog posts on the craft of writing, starting in 2004, and continuing on, very intermittently, to 2011. They're among the best writing advice I've ever read, right up there with King's "On Writing", Swain's "Techniques of the Selling Writer" (which uses some of the same tools Butcher describes), and James Scott Bell's non-nonsense craft books. Here they are, in order: * Introduction: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/600.html * Story Craft: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/969.html * Conflict, Logical Response, Point of View: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1262.html * Fundamentals--Story Skeletons: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1308.html * Characters: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1698.html * The Great Swampy Middle: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1865.html * SCENES: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2647.html * SEQUELS: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2880.html * Story Climax: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/3447.html * Putting It All Together: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4053.html (If you're stuck in your writing, or can't seem to finish your stories, read this first.) * The Most Important Thing an Aspiring Author Needs to Know: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4217.html There you have it, folks. If you're anything like Jim in your style of writing, and want to write tight, fast-paced books with great arcs and characters, this is the way to go. (And in case you missed it: Peace Talks and Battle Grounds, the 16th and 17th Dresden novels, finally came out this year! No, I'm totally not a fan-boy :D) | gj20vlw | gj2ogr8 | 1,610,494,616 | 1,610,507,197 | 0 | 5 | I love The Codex Alera series. Haven’t started on his other series, yet. Will eventually, when I have the money to do so. Thanks for posting this, though. Will be helpful to maybe get writing again. | His method was taught to him by a student of Jack Bickham. Jack Bickham's How to Write the Short Story is amazing if you want to learn Butcher's punchy style. | 0 | 12,581 | 5,000 | ||
kvqif6 | writing_train | 0.99 | Jim Butcher (Bestselling Fantasy Author of the Dresden Files, Codex Alera and more) Wrote an Amazing Series of Posts Describing Exactly How He Does It - Writing + Plotting + Advice to New Writers + more Jim Butcher (creator of the Harry Dresden books, which happen to be the best Urban Fantasy/Mystery series Evah!!!, not that I'm a fan-boy or anything), wrote a series of blog posts on the craft of writing, starting in 2004, and continuing on, very intermittently, to 2011. They're among the best writing advice I've ever read, right up there with King's "On Writing", Swain's "Techniques of the Selling Writer" (which uses some of the same tools Butcher describes), and James Scott Bell's non-nonsense craft books. Here they are, in order: * Introduction: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/600.html * Story Craft: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/969.html * Conflict, Logical Response, Point of View: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1262.html * Fundamentals--Story Skeletons: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1308.html * Characters: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1698.html * The Great Swampy Middle: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1865.html * SCENES: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2647.html * SEQUELS: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2880.html * Story Climax: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/3447.html * Putting It All Together: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4053.html (If you're stuck in your writing, or can't seem to finish your stories, read this first.) * The Most Important Thing an Aspiring Author Needs to Know: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4217.html There you have it, folks. If you're anything like Jim in your style of writing, and want to write tight, fast-paced books with great arcs and characters, this is the way to go. (And in case you missed it: Peace Talks and Battle Grounds, the 16th and 17th Dresden novels, finally came out this year! No, I'm totally not a fan-boy :D) | gj2ogr8 | gj23h4b | 1,610,507,197 | 1,610,495,970 | 5 | 0 | His method was taught to him by a student of Jack Bickham. Jack Bickham's How to Write the Short Story is amazing if you want to learn Butcher's punchy style. | Doot. | 1 | 11,227 | 5,000 | ||
kvqif6 | writing_train | 0.99 | Jim Butcher (Bestselling Fantasy Author of the Dresden Files, Codex Alera and more) Wrote an Amazing Series of Posts Describing Exactly How He Does It - Writing + Plotting + Advice to New Writers + more Jim Butcher (creator of the Harry Dresden books, which happen to be the best Urban Fantasy/Mystery series Evah!!!, not that I'm a fan-boy or anything), wrote a series of blog posts on the craft of writing, starting in 2004, and continuing on, very intermittently, to 2011. They're among the best writing advice I've ever read, right up there with King's "On Writing", Swain's "Techniques of the Selling Writer" (which uses some of the same tools Butcher describes), and James Scott Bell's non-nonsense craft books. Here they are, in order: * Introduction: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/600.html * Story Craft: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/969.html * Conflict, Logical Response, Point of View: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1262.html * Fundamentals--Story Skeletons: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1308.html * Characters: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1698.html * The Great Swampy Middle: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1865.html * SCENES: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2647.html * SEQUELS: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2880.html * Story Climax: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/3447.html * Putting It All Together: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4053.html (If you're stuck in your writing, or can't seem to finish your stories, read this first.) * The Most Important Thing an Aspiring Author Needs to Know: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4217.html There you have it, folks. If you're anything like Jim in your style of writing, and want to write tight, fast-paced books with great arcs and characters, this is the way to go. (And in case you missed it: Peace Talks and Battle Grounds, the 16th and 17th Dresden novels, finally came out this year! No, I'm totally not a fan-boy :D) | gj2ogr8 | gj29jn0 | 1,610,507,197 | 1,610,499,199 | 5 | 0 | His method was taught to him by a student of Jack Bickham. Jack Bickham's How to Write the Short Story is amazing if you want to learn Butcher's punchy style. | Saved for later | 1 | 7,998 | 5,000 | ||
kvqif6 | writing_train | 0.99 | Jim Butcher (Bestselling Fantasy Author of the Dresden Files, Codex Alera and more) Wrote an Amazing Series of Posts Describing Exactly How He Does It - Writing + Plotting + Advice to New Writers + more Jim Butcher (creator of the Harry Dresden books, which happen to be the best Urban Fantasy/Mystery series Evah!!!, not that I'm a fan-boy or anything), wrote a series of blog posts on the craft of writing, starting in 2004, and continuing on, very intermittently, to 2011. They're among the best writing advice I've ever read, right up there with King's "On Writing", Swain's "Techniques of the Selling Writer" (which uses some of the same tools Butcher describes), and James Scott Bell's non-nonsense craft books. Here they are, in order: * Introduction: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/600.html * Story Craft: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/969.html * Conflict, Logical Response, Point of View: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1262.html * Fundamentals--Story Skeletons: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1308.html * Characters: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1698.html * The Great Swampy Middle: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/1865.html * SCENES: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2647.html * SEQUELS: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/2880.html * Story Climax: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/3447.html * Putting It All Together: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4053.html (If you're stuck in your writing, or can't seem to finish your stories, read this first.) * The Most Important Thing an Aspiring Author Needs to Know: https://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/4217.html There you have it, folks. If you're anything like Jim in your style of writing, and want to write tight, fast-paced books with great arcs and characters, this is the way to go. (And in case you missed it: Peace Talks and Battle Grounds, the 16th and 17th Dresden novels, finally came out this year! No, I'm totally not a fan-boy :D) | gj29ops | gj2ogr8 | 1,610,499,274 | 1,610,507,197 | 1 | 5 | This looks like a copy paste from Karen Woodward's blog. But thanks. Cred to you AND Karen. Copy or not, sharing JB's awesomeness is always something I dig | His method was taught to him by a student of Jack Bickham. Jack Bickham's How to Write the Short Story is amazing if you want to learn Butcher's punchy style. | 0 | 7,923 | 5 |
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