Layering Your Story Line Using Braiding @ The Beginning Writer

I’ve recently made it to the middle of a story I’m writing and it didn’t take long for me to realize that I didn’t know how to handle keeping the story going. So I looked to one of my favorite author’s on writing for guidance.



Different Types Of Point Of View @ The Beginning Writer

When you are just starting a new project, one of the first things you must decide is which point of view to use.



The Beginning Writer: Link Round-up For 4/19/13

I can’t believe another week has gone by already! And with the bombings in Boston, the explosion in Texas, and now one of the Boston bombers being killed, it’s been a very dramatic week. I’ve been keeping one eye on the news and one eye on my homework for days now.

But now it’s Friday, and in case you don’t know, every day I scour the internet looking for articles that are helpful to me as a beginning writer. When I find something, I will share it over Twitter. Each Friday, I will post what I call a link round-up of all the helpful articles I found that week.



The Beginning Writer: Saving Acorns: Being Prepared For What Comes

Hello, everyone! Time goes so fast doesn’t it? I’ve been meaning to get a post up here for weeks now but I just kept getting overwhelmed by schoolwork. That also means I haven’t been writing though. (Aside from class papers, that is.) But even though I am not writing, I still have ideas and inspired moments about the project I have going. And I always have ideas about future projects that I know I won’t be able to get to anytime soon.



The Beginning Writer: Link Round-up For 3/29/13

The Beginning Writer is back with the link round-up for 3/29/13! I found some great articles on self-doubt, discipline, writing notebooks, and the writing life!



(via 25 Ways To Be A Happy Writer (Or, At Least, Happier) « terribleminds: chuck wendig)


The Beginning Writer: Link Round-up For 3/29/13

Hello! I’m back! In case you’re curious where I’ve been, I started college a couple of months ago. I’m going for an Associate of Arts degree and then I am going to go to University for a Bachelors in Creative Writing. I was able to go back with the help of Vocational Rehabilitation. They are paying for everything.



Writing Tips to Make You a Better Writer

If you want to become a better writer, get ready to do some work. Because it won’t happen overnight, and not just because you want it to. You’re going to have to practice.

On this page, you’ll find some of my best tips, articles, and resources to help you get started as a writer — to get better not only at the craft of writing, but also at the art of communicating.



Order From Chaos: On Structure and Plot (Part One) New @ The Beginning Writer

To the shapeless chaos of life, the fiction writer brings order. -Peter Selgin

In fiction, many of us begin with characters, feelings, and events from our own lives. But lives are messy things and the events are often only loosely related (if at all).



Order From Chaos: On Structure and Plot (Part One) New @ The Beginning Writer

To the shapeless chaos of life, the fiction writer brings order. -Peter Selgin

In fiction, many of us begin with characters, feelings, and events from our own lives. But lives are messy things and the events are often only loosely related (if at all).