how to and tips Archives - Women Writers, Women's Books https://booksbywomen.org/tag/how-to-and-tips-2/ Tue, 05 Jun 2018 08:05:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 Crafting Resonance: Music and Writing https://booksbywomen.org/crafting-resonance-music-and-writing-by-callie-bates/ https://booksbywomen.org/crafting-resonance-music-and-writing-by-callie-bates/#comments Tue, 05 Jun 2018 06:22:09 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=21740 My feet are tired. I’ve been standing in front of a whiteboard most of the day, trying to tease apart strands of story in the novel I’m working on. Working like this is new to me, but I really like mapping out the book in this tactile way. It reminds me of playing music. I […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/crafting-resonance-music-and-writing-by-callie-bates/feed/ 6 21740 After Your Death, the Royalties Keep Coming, But Where Do They Go? https://booksbywomen.org/after-your-death-the-royalties-keep-coming-but-where-do-they-go/ https://booksbywomen.org/after-your-death-the-royalties-keep-coming-but-where-do-they-go/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2018 19:18:01 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=22221 In the United States, death is a legal process. If you die with a will, a court metes out your assets according to your wishes. If you die intestate, your property is divvied up according to a legal formula put into play by your state’s legislature, typically handing over your assets to your spouse and […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/after-your-death-the-royalties-keep-coming-but-where-do-they-go/feed/ 4 22221 How To Pitch A Series https://booksbywomen.org/how-to-pitch-a-series-by-laura-heffernan/ https://booksbywomen.org/how-to-pitch-a-series-by-laura-heffernan/#respond Wed, 20 Sep 2017 05:25:25 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=20411 A few weeks ago, I announced the Gamer Girl series, three books coming out from Kensington’s Lyrical Press starting in 2019. Since this is my second series, many people have asked me how to get an editor to buy multiple books rather than just one. Initially, if you do not know the editor and have […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/how-to-pitch-a-series-by-laura-heffernan/feed/ 0 20411 Writing About Love https://booksbywomen.org/writing-about-love-by-isabel-costello/ https://booksbywomen.org/writing-about-love-by-isabel-costello/#comments Mon, 22 May 2017 06:00:52 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=16192 It wasn’t until I started writing fiction that I became aware of the widespread tendency to view men’s writing about love, family and relationships as a meaningful reflection on the human condition and women’s as frivolous and inconsequential. Increasingly there is a will to challenge and redress this prejudice and its consequences and that is […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/writing-about-love-by-isabel-costello/feed/ 3 16192 How to Prevent Your Characters from All Sounding the Same https://booksbywomen.org/how-to-prevent-your-characters-from-all-sounding-the-same-by-louise-marley/ https://booksbywomen.org/how-to-prevent-your-characters-from-all-sounding-the-same-by-louise-marley/#respond Mon, 02 Jan 2017 13:31:11 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=17300 At the start of my career I had a book rejected because the commissioning editor didn’t feel my characters were ‘coming across’. I think she was trying to find a polite way of saying they were flat and dull – ‘cardboard’ characters, if you like – which is about the worst thing you can say […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/how-to-prevent-your-characters-from-all-sounding-the-same-by-louise-marley/feed/ 0 17300 Nonlinear Narratives – Tips & Tricks https://booksbywomen.org/nonlinear-narratives-tips-tricks-by-hannah-mckinnon/ https://booksbywomen.org/nonlinear-narratives-tips-tricks-by-hannah-mckinnon/#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2016 06:12:43 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=17249 Have you ever finished a chapter in one character’s point of view only to find the next chapter is written from somebody else’s perspective? Me too, and these mini cliff-hangers compel us to keep reading. Nonlinear narratives – stories where events don’t happen in chronological order – do this too. They are extremely useful for […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/nonlinear-narratives-tips-tricks-by-hannah-mckinnon/feed/ 1 17249 I Can’t Believe You Said That- Using Dialogue to Build Conflict https://booksbywomen.org/i-cant-believe-you-said-that-using-dialogue-to-build-conflict-by-eileen-cook/ https://booksbywomen.org/i-cant-believe-you-said-that-using-dialogue-to-build-conflict-by-eileen-cook/#comments Sun, 11 Sep 2016 09:42:59 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=16422 Dialogue is a critical component of your novel. It shows character, provides an opportunity to move the plot forward, and increases your pacing by breaking up large narrative blocks. This article focuses on how dialogue can also help build the conflict in your novel. All novels require conflict. Agents, editors, and readers rarely feel that […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/i-cant-believe-you-said-that-using-dialogue-to-build-conflict-by-eileen-cook/feed/ 5 16422 5 Crime Fiction Blunders To Avoid https://booksbywomen.org/5-crime-fiction-blunders-to-avoid/ https://booksbywomen.org/5-crime-fiction-blunders-to-avoid/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2016 12:52:20 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=16189 In addition to being an author, I am a big crime fiction, psychological thriller and mystery fan. Though I have always read this genre, I’ve spent the last year absolutely immersing myself in it, reading and reviewing everything I can. In addition, I’ve been discussing the genre with lots of other fans as part of […]

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