juliakyongMar 21, 20167 minImproving Your Manuscript Through RevisionI am pleased to host another writer on the blog today. David Wiley is a published fantasy author and has some great advice on what revisi...
juliakyongMar 14, 20162 minHow to Write a Male CharacterWriting a guy’s perspective when you’re a woman can be daunting. Men think differently, feel differently, and do things differently so how...
juliakyongMar 7, 20162 minHow to Research EffectivelyNo matter what type of story you’re writing, you’re likely to need to do some research for it. A colleague of mine recently wrote a novel...
juliakyongMar 1, 20163 minShort StoriesShort stories are a completely different beast than novels are. In some ways they are trickier to write given the fact you have a far mor...
juliakyongFeb 22, 20162 minWriting a SceneScenes are the building blocks your story is made of. A scene is a unit of action and each scene needs action to be successful. Let’s exp...
juliakyongFeb 15, 20162 minThe Mary Sue****Update**** Before we get down to business I wanted to update you all on what’s going on in my writing life. I have begun as a columni...
juliakyongFeb 8, 20162 minBackstoryBackstory is everything that happened to your characters before your current story. Backstory is an important thing for you as a writer t...
juliakyongFeb 1, 20162 minSettingSetting is often overlooked by writers despite the fact that it is the skeleton for our stories. Our plot has to happen somewhere and be ...
juliakyongJan 26, 20162 minHow to Begin Part TwoLast week we discussed beginning a novel. This week we’ll cover how to get from concept to creation of your story. So let’s begin. If you...
juliakyongJan 18, 20162 minHow to Begin Part OneThis week’s blog answers the question of how do we begin? This is really two different questions (how do I begin my novel and how do I be...
juliakyongJan 11, 20162 minBody LanguageLast week we discussed dialogue and I wanted to take that a step further today. Body language comprises over 50% of what we really say, s...
juliakyongJan 4, 20163 minDialogueLast week I took a break from posting to celebrate the holidays. I hope you all had a wonderful time as I did. Today I want to discuss di...
juliakyongDec 21, 20153 minPOVDetermining which point of view or POV you’ll use for your story is a major decision. After all, it’s a decision that affects every sente...
juliakyongDec 12, 20154 minOutliningI’ve been seeing a lot of questions lately on how to outline and plan your novel, so I decided to do an early blog post about it. Some of...
juliakyongDec 7, 20153 minWhat Makes a Poem a PoemThis week’s blog is about poetry. Now poetry is a subject that is near and dear to me, but is a confusing subject for a lot of people. Th...
juliakyongNov 30, 20153 minShowing and TellingToday we’ll be discussing the principle of “show not tell.” Let’s start off by saying this is important to create strong writing, but lik...
juliakyongNov 23, 20152 minWhat Makes a Strong AntagonistThis week I’ve decided to focus on antagonists since it’s a natural extension of our character discussion last week. Besides your protago...
juliakyongNov 16, 20153 minWriting well-rounded CharactersI’ve decided to keep this blog dedicated to writing, whether that’s my writing or any aspect of the writing process. I meet with a lovely...
juliakyongNov 12, 20151 minIntroductionsHello and welcome to my blog. Somehow you’ve found your way here and I hope you’ll find it worthwhile to peruse. I’ve been learning a lot...
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