What's the difference between showing and telling in fiction? It's the difference between experiencing something and just hearing about it.Continue Reading
These days, people skim read. If they get to your website and see big blocks of text, they aren't likely to stay very long. Here's are four tips to make your web writing easier for your readers to read. Continue Reading
Please, please, please proofread your writing. Whether it's your company website or your novel, not proofreading causes readers and potential customers to not trust you.Continue Reading
Last year, when I did NaNoWriMo. It was a crazy busy month. But...somehow, I made it through. I won NaNo on my first try. Somehow. While barrelling through that month, I learned a few things.Continue Reading
Essentially, the seven sentence story is a plotting exercise to help you get the framework of your story down. It's the main events of your story stripped of all the extra stuff that make something exciting to read. Then, once you have the seven sentences outlining your main events, you can fill in all the details and make a complete story, or even novel!Continue Reading
I've now been a participant in a Live Action Slush and not just an observer. I've learned some new things. I want to share them with you, and hope that these ideas will make our writing (and our reading), even better.Continue Reading
Last night, when my friends and I left When Words Collide, we were exhausted. Inspired, yes. Full to the brim with ideas and tips to make our writing better, yes. But also, physically, mentally, and emotionally exhausted. To be honest, I’m still feeling pretty wiped. On Friday, I posted about how to survive a writing […]Continue Reading
I'm going to When Words Collide this weekend! If you've ever been to a conference, you know they're marathons, not sprints. I know, cliche alert. But it's true. Nearly three days of constant panels, some that start early, some that go quite late, with no real meal breaks (unless you want to miss panels and why would you want to do that?!). It's exhausting. Wonderful. But exhaustingContinue Reading
I'm four days into my first every Camp NaNoWriMo and all I want to do is read.
Writing is hard. Super hard.
And having a challenge and the accountability of NaNo is so, so important. Especially for me. I'm a serial starter. Continue Reading
We’ve all heard that speaker that was so boring or confusing that our brains have shut off before they’ve even finished their introductory paragraph. Think about it. You probably won’t remember anything they talked about. But you will remember that they seemed awkward or weird or just plain confusing. While they were speaking, you check […]Continue Reading
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Trisha Jenn Loehr
Reader. Writer. Editor.I've been a book lover since I started deciphering words as a toddler. Now, I'm a reader, a writer, and an editor. This blog is a place to discuss books and life and all that those two entail.
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