by Sara Stibitz | Nov 5, 2019 | Writing Advice
You’ve finished your writing and you’re ready to share with your early readers to get their advice about how to improve it. You’re pretty sure “early readers” means friends, family, and even your second grade teacher. You’re so proud that you just can’t wait to get...
by Sara Stibitz | Oct 14, 2019 | Editing Advice, Writing Advice
Writers, especially new writers, tend to get hung up on the mechanics of writing. How do I know what to do? What’s the proper way of writing this sentence or that word or that past participle (and what the hell is that, anyway?)? Below, I’ll share some brief advice...
by Sara Stibitz | Sep 26, 2019 | Editing Advice, Writing Advice
Writing isn’t just a challenge in the cognitive sense… it’s an emotional challenge as well. It defies the inner critic, the voice who won’t shut up long enough to let you get a thought out. The voice of your inner critic could belong to anyone: your mother, father,...
by Sara Stibitz | May 17, 2019 | Writing Advice
Who is your reader? If you just said “everyone,” I have news for you. “Everyone” is not your target audience. Your book is not for everyone. Stephen King writes for his “Ideal Reader,” which he describes in his amazing book, On...
by Sara Stibitz | Nov 6, 2018 | Writing Advice
You don’t have to work so hard. So often we get stuck on trying to solve a problem: we work it, think it through again and again, chew our nails over it. But over and over, I keep seeing that it’s really the gap between gathering knowledge and finding a solution that...
