Egad, another month has come and gone. How in the hell did that happen?
Now that we know all about character arcs from K.M. Weiland’s various series on the topic, should every character in your novel have an arc? Hmmmm . . . That way lies madness, methinks.
On her weekly vlog, Katie cites Sunshine Cleaners as an example of how you can use your characters’ professions to make your story more interesting.
Do all of your characters have the same voice, and is that voice yours? Roz Morris shares some tips on how to recognize the problem, and how to fix it.
Donald Maass offers metaphorical writing advice by way of gems and necklaces.
Janice Hardy offers some advice on how to recognize episodic scenes and how to fix them on Fiction University.
A bit of authorial humour, from the New Yorker.
An anatomy of endings, from The New Yorker.
Jim C. Hines guests on Magical Words on the topic of despair.
Here’s to creatives who work a day job, from The Artist’s Road.
A writer’s guide to Canadian Literary Magazines and Journals, from the Magazine Awards blog.
Haruki Murakami lists three essential qualities all novelists and runners share. Open Culture.
The Press Enterprise reports: UC Riverside’s science fiction collection gets a 3.5 million gift.
It’s a bit brief this week, but that’s all that tickled my fancy.
Be back on Thoughty Thursday!
Good words at ya, until then.
Always Looking Up 
Something for everyone as usual Melanie
xx Massive Hugs xxx
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Thanks, dear 🙂
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More gold! Thank you. 🙂
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You’re most welcome, Cate:)
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Thanks for including my “day-job” post! Good company I’m in there.
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As a writer with a day job myself, it spoke to me 🙂 Thanks for providing some excellent content, Patrick.
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There are several links here I’ll have to follow . . . just as soon as I fit in my writing for the day. Thanks, Melanie, glad I came upon your blog via Patrick Ross.
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Thanks, Jann. I do these every week, or I have been since March. If you search Tipsday on the blog, you’ll find lots off good stuff. At least I hope you’d find it so 😉
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Already am, thanks. So much to read about how to write! Makes it hard to find time to actually write. Oh wait, that’s called procrastination.
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