Melissa Lane Solheim

A writer hoping to become an author.... or a cat... seriously though.... Also, I am a business editor during the day, so keep an eye out for editing advice.

[Melissa Lane Solheim @Writing_Melissa]

@Anna_Rainn *screams forever*

[Melissa Lane Solheim @Writing_Melissa]

@CRStewart3 It was cooked down for like 10 hours lol. The only veggie you could still see was the mushrooms

[Melissa Lane Solheim @Writing_Melissa]

As I made from scratch pasta today I thought about how we use food in our writing. Tell me about how it relates to yours.

[Melissa Lane Solheim @Writing_Melissa]

@CRStewart3 A meat marinara with lots of veggies

[Melissa Lane Solheim @Writing_Melissa]

@girlfrompluto1 Were they just in the scene or did they reveal something about your characters and their culture?

[Melissa Lane Solheim @Writing_Melissa]

@drtarasanderson Target archery. I once went to a ren event with a friend, shot cold on someone else's equipment, and won the entire competition. It was victorious.

[Melissa Lane Solheim @Writing_Melissa]

@ME_Aster Present is unsettling to read for me, so I always use past, but prefer third POV

[Melissa Lane Solheim @Writing_Melissa]

#writingcommunity what are your weekend plans?

[Melissa Lane Solheim @Writing_Melissa]

@girlfrompluto1 You too! Reading the hunger games prequel. Its going to be a good one. ❤️

[Melissa Lane Solheim @Writing_Melissa]

Me at 6pm: it’s Friday! I can stay up all night writing if I want!
Me at 9:30pm: *yawn* why am I am old lady. *pads to bed to read*

[Melissa Lane Solheim @Writing_Melissa]

#editingtip prose and grammar are the last thing you edit. First pass reading is to make sure everything makes sense and works together. Kill cliches and fill your plot holes.

If you don’t make the story work first, prose and grammar will need fixing over and over. #Efficiency

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@girlfrompluto1 That is a real perk of working from home lately. No one can see me yawn lol!

[Melissa Lane Solheim @Writing_Melissa]

@mindspeaksaloud Your first draft was you telling yourself the story now you can bulk it up. Adding subplots will help!

[Melissa Lane Solheim @Writing_Melissa]

@joedayvie Going to another BLM protest and hopefully writing. I did succeed in putting down my phone for most of yesterday though and got a lot of reading in.

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@SammiLeighM Check near the snacks.

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People posting satire articles like they are real is usually funnier than the actual article.

[Melissa Lane Solheim @Writing_Melissa]

@safopus Multiple. I have moods.

[Melissa Lane Solheim @Writing_Melissa]

I’m laying in bed begging for sleep as my little geriatric dog acts like a teddy bear. It is so hard to see these moments slowly slipping away.

[Melissa Lane Solheim @Writing_Melissa]

@louise3anne Perfect! Want to trade samples and see if we are each other’s cup of tea? I am currently working on draft two of a novel.