by MontanaCoauthor | Apr 19, 2019 | Writing Process Tips
Last month, we touched on the concern that “introducing complication” into your manuscript might come across as a predictable literary device to fix flat writing. Let’s wrestle a little more with that concern. The attraction of complication is deeply...
by MontanaCoauthor | Mar 15, 2019 | Writing Process Tips
One writes initially to express. But the great hope is that the story will connect with a reader—hopefully many readers who cannot put your book down. So, what do you do if initial beta readers tell you that the draft feels slow? Or the characters are a...
by MontanaCoauthor | Jan 28, 2019 | Sketchbook, Writing Process Tips
I have multiple author clients who are struggling deeply right now—not with their writing, but with the world of book marketing. It’s a keen vulnerability of the creative brain: the qualities that make it easy for us to get lost in a manuscript, lose track of time as...
by MontanaCoauthor | Dec 14, 2018 | Sketchbook, Writing Process Tips
To make a little cash. There’s a saying in the horse world: It takes a million dollars to make a million dollars. One could say the same about book publishing. In this day of easy e-publishing, over 1 million new self-published titles were released in 2017 alone. ...
by MontanaCoauthor | Nov 14, 2018 | Writing Process Tips
“How can you possibly find the time to write?” Oh boy, that question. What people are really saying is, “How do you justify writing instead of doing all the other way more important things?” The reality is that most people view writing as a leisure activity, not real...
by MontanaCoauthor | Oct 15, 2018 | Writing Process Tips
What to do when content comes in a wild and disorganized mass… Sometimes I take a weekend to “write in the far away” (to adapt Georgia O’Keefe’s reference to “painting in the far away”). Content comes quickly. Sometimes it comes in a remarkably organized...
