Now we post our 500 Words. First of all, I have a very long outline. I could write a 500 word synopsis, but that would be a little silly given the way we outline. The outline had a lot of text already, more or less in the form of a synopsis. So my goal here, […]
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During a recent mentoring class in the Book Writing World, Elizabeth asked us six questions, questions we “must know” the answers to in order to fully understand the book we are undertaking to write. I’ve enclosed my answers, as it relates to my as-yet untitled nonfiction piece about the ugly, complicated thing that happened to
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Once upon a time, there lived an organized girl in a disorganized world. Armed with her calendar and a ballpoint pen, her smart phone, her laptop and sarcastic sense of humor she bravely ventured forth and raised her children, managed her household and wrote! Boy did she write: stories, and poems and even a novel,
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Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Go to: http://www.salon.com/writer/thais_derich/ A founding member of the BWW, Thais Derich is writing her first book, First Do No Harm: A Memoir, about birth and motherhood. She writes at SpinachandHoney.com and has contributed to SFGate.com’s Mommy Files and was a contributing food blogger for the San Francisco Examiner. Read her
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First let me say: some of you know that my agent sent my book out to editors at publishing houses a few weeks back. Word is still not in! It’s been slow summertime, fourth of July meant a whole week off apparently for many of the hard-working denizens of New York City, and we have
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When we think of outlines, we often think one of two things: 1) boring, linear Roman Numeraled points we want to make for an essay in school or 2) a brutal formula we are forced to shoe horn our brilliant creativity into to meet some external standard or narrative. In today’s blog, I’m going to
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Blog Editor’s Note: Many of the Book Writing World members are parents and have found an overlap between the lessons learned as parents and as writers. Lea Page is writing a nonfiction book about parenting so the editors of the BWW wanted to offer this slice of “real life” to our readers. I have been
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I’ve taken a “summer break” from my novel in progress, Shadow Gardens, to work on a nonfiction piece that has been bothering me, yes, irritating me, no annoying me to no end for the past two years. It is a painful topic I’m tackling. Painful not just in the obvious way: a series of unfortunate
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I moved this weekend, rather suddenly. Of course, I’d been thinking and planning the move for a while, but the timing was in question and then suddenly we found the perfect house and got it and started paying rent and so of course we had to move! Moving means, alas, getting everything you want to
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I don’t always start a project this way. Sometimes I write about the idea I’m having, or try to write the thing out without doing any planning. Invariably, I come back to making a plan because I get lost. All projects feel too big. I need to break them down. And I need to find
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