“One of the most important skills an actor learns is never to walk onstage without knowing what their character wants in that scene. The same goes for fiction: Before you begin writing a scene, know what 'want' your character enters with." —@foxprinted#amwriting#nanowrimo
Sometimes my brain feels like it’s silently screaming and I have to lie down in a dark quiet room for a few hours. Does this happen to anyone else? #whatswrongwithme
Sometimes when I'm reading fiction submissions, I think about how brave you all are, putting your whole hearts into this work and then sending it out into the world hoping someone will like it. All that hope makes me want to give you a hug and read your work so carefully.
One of the hardest things is to write dialogue that simultaneously develops/reflects character, advances plot, and sounds real WITHOUT making it obvious that that's what you're trying to do.