Of Perseverance, Remaining Open, and Characters that Embody Our Change…
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays
Perseverance in completing that first draft it the first act of embarking on the journey of evolution we undergo each time we craft a story.
Thus we focus our energies and concentration on towards typing each word so that we might complete each sentence, craft every paragraph, shape each scene.
At this time, we, the writer must not fall under the spell of judgment and self-criticism of what we write.
Our goal is to remain open to the words coming through us. We must turn off the internal editor and write.
Tags: asset, craft, editor, energy, evolution, goal, journey, judgment, open, paragraph, perseverance, scene, self-criticism, sentence, story, strength, vulnerability, write
Flexibility and the Writers Capacity for Growth and Learning
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, Musings
The novel or short story is first and foremost a source of entertainment, what consumers turn to among myriad of choices, to provide rest and relaxation, from a world moving at breakneck speed. To insure the most comfortable reading experience, writers want to offer a story with interesting plot, centered on characters about the reader [...]
Tags: author, character, copy editing, craft, developmental editing, dialogue, editing, editor, fiction, Linda Beed, Lynel Johnson Washington, novels, plot, revising, revision, setting, short stories, writing
Patience: Perhaps the 21st Century Writer’s Greatest Strength
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, Musings
Patience was among the many aspects forming the writer-editor relationship that my guests on this weekend’s broadcast on Book Talk, Creativity and Family Matters, addressed.
Developmental editor and author of Business Unusual, Linda Beed along with former editor for a publishing company and now free-lance editor, Lynel Washington Johnson, stressed the need for authors and would-be [...]
Tags: Business Unusual, craft, editing, editor, fiction, Linda Beed, Lynel Johnson Washington, novels, patience, short stories, writing
Patience: Perhaps the 21st Century Writer's Greatest Strength
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, Musings
Patience was among the many aspects forming the writer-editor relationship that my guests on this weekend’s broadcast on Book Talk, Creativity and Family Matters, addressed.
Developmental editor and author of Business Unusual, Linda Beed along with former editor for a publishing company and now free-lance editor, Lynel Washington Johnson, stressed the need for authors and would-be [...]
Tags: Business Unusual, craft, editing, editor, fiction, Linda Beed, Lynel Johnson Washington, novels, patience, short stories, writing
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