Essay #5 âThe Scent and a Tickle: Your First 500 Words đ¶I really donât like your point of view.I know youâll never change.Youâre ninety-nine percent an embarrassment,with just one quality. I donât mind it when you [whistle].đ¶âEliza Doolittle, Skinny Genes (2010) Most people donât realise that itâs not Eliza Doolittle doing the whistling in her…
A true blue reader falls in love with the book they want to read. Here’s how I fell in love with The Complete Handbook of Novel Writing, by the Editors of Writer’s Digest. Essay #2 – Buying the Book Hello again, my lovelies. I’ve received such a great response for posting my first Essay on…
(A self-help book published by the editors of Writer’s Digest.) âAlways begin with your protagonist. Establish time and place, and announce the stakes.ââ N. M. Kelby, self-help author of The Constant Art of Being a Writer âSometimes one can overanalyze. If you preordain, you stifle yourself. Have a general idea, and let the rest come naturally,…