Tag Archives: Writing Tips

Do You Annoy Your Readers?

When you write, do you ever think that your work might annoy people? John W. Howell says the inspiration for this post was a series of tweets that people found annoying in books they have read. Hello SEers, It’s John again. Happy Hump Day. Today I want to talk about things that annoy readers. InContinue reading “Do You Annoy Your Readers?”

Wintering With WWW

Wintering With WWW will be back this winter.Registration for the first Wintering With WWW Zoom Speakers Meetings opens on November 1.These events are open to all WWW members and their invited guests.For more information visit the Women Writing the West website under Events.

Find Your Best Ideas

Could you use six ways to find your best ideas before you start writing? K. M. Welland may have some answers for you. For writers, ideas are the primal matter. No ideas, no stories. But sometimes trying to figure out how to find your best ideas is like catching butterflies. They flit in; they flitContinue reading “Find Your Best Ideas”

Making Your Fiction A Place You Want To Be

Author Janet Key shares the feeling of not wanting to revisit the world she was creating and the tools she used to help make her fiction a place she wanted to be. Last fall, I decided with great determination that it was finally time to finish that literary novel of mine. At that point, IContinue reading “Making Your Fiction A Place You Want To Be”

Four Reasons to Use Internal Thoughts in Your Writing

K. M. Allan talks us through four reasons to use internal thoughts in our writing. A majestic cypress tree grew outside my grade 11 classroom window, eons ago. I remember spending hours staring at it, exploring its velvety green branches and reflecting on the boredom of my classes and wondering what I might do withContinue reading “Four Reasons to Use Internal Thoughts in Your Writing”