10 Ways Online Dating & Writing Are Similar
You start out with so much hope. All your friends are doing it and they said it was fun. It seemed harmless. Next thing you know you are setting up a Pinterest board with a plan for your book launch…
Tag: Writing Advice
Top 10 Tips for New Novel Incubator Students
Note: Except for posts from occasional guest bloggers, Dead Darlings posts are written by graduates of Grub Street’s Novel Incubator program in Boston. To find out more about the program, click here. This advice is poorly timed because the “new”…
Missing Scenes
Sometimes when I’m working through a revision, I realize I haven’t given an event or a character proper consideration. The book suffers because I’ve buried in ‘telling’ certain events and characters who should have been ‘shown’ in scene. These are…
Common Health Conditions for Writers
Writers are alarmingly susceptible to certain overlooked and under-reported maladies. But early detection is key, and as a fellow author concerned about the well-being of his community, I implore you to take two minutes out of your day to review…
The Supplemental Courses that Writers REALLY Need
A Message from the Writing Program Director It has become abundantly clear to us that in order to prepare for their careers, our students require more than simply writing workshops and literature classes. To this end, we have developed the…
Under Pressure
People used to ask, “When is your next book due?” and I would laugh, self-consciously, because I didn’t have deadlines. I wasn’t a writer who had contracts or editors waiting for me to produce anything. In those bygone days, I…