Tripping the Muse — Writing Tips and More for the Aspiring Writer

Scrivener Offers Discount

by Rick

I’m not usually in the habit of posting items that will be invalid after a few days or weeks but this is too good not to let you know about. Scrivener is offering a discount in honor of NaNoWriMo. If you know me you also know I’m a huge fan of Scrivener. I’ve posted about [...]

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Writing Competition News

General

December is almost here (really it is) and with it comes deadlines. Not just work deadlines but writing competition deadlines. Two that spring immediately to mind are those that will concern all of poets and short story writers out there. Travel on over to the Writer’s Digest contest page for more information. You still have [...]

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National Novel Writing Month

Interesting Tidbits

Well it’s here again. The National Novel Writing Month begins November 1st. For 30 days the goal is to write 50,000 words by midnight November 30th. In honor of this, and for those Mac fans out there, Jason Snell over at Macworld has put together a short list and video review of writing tools to [...]

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Just How Does That Time Machine Work?

Writing Tips

Here it is. The moment you and your reader have been waiting for. Your hero is about to pull the covers off his spectacular invention. A shiny new time machine! One that can move forward and backward in time as far as the imagination will take him. He yanks the covers back… and begins to [...]

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Your First Draft Stinks

Writing Tips

What if I told you your first draft stinks?
“What?!” you scream. “How dare you….!”
Ok. Maybe it doesn’t stink but who cares if it does or it doesn’t? Its very name implies that it isn’t the final product. It’s your first draft. Nor is it the only draft. If it were then it would be [...]

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Rock Your Writing Career Today

Writing Tips

“Publishing is tough business…” it states at RockYour Writing.com. Nothing could be further from the truth. But there is help, and it comes in the name of Joe Nassise. Joe is an international best-selling author whom I have mentioned on this site before. It seems that Joe has taken the years of experience he has [...]

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Pitch Your Idea to Yourself

Short Stories

I am contemplating a couple of non-fiction book projects which may require substantial research. I’m not exactly a subject matter expert on the subjects but I’m about half way there. I have quite a bit of work ahead of me no matter what project I decide to give my attention to. It’s time to pitch [...]

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He Said, She Said

Writing Tips

Gone are the days of the simple “he said” or “she said”. Today’s writers often times feel the need to end their character’s dialogue with a descriptive tag. While there is nothing inherently wrong in doing so, it does show a certain amount of laziness when taken to the extreme. ”Laziness!?”. I can see your eyebrows arched [...]

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Surefire Ways to Have Your Stories Rejected

Selling Your Work

It’s time to submit the short story you’ve labored over. You’ve developed the characters, tightened the action, and created the perfect ending. You love it and you’re sure your readers will love it. So it’s time to get it in front of them. The best way to do that is to have it published. Time [...]

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