In today’s Journal * Stages of a Fiction Writer: Intro * Stage 1 Writers * Stage 2 Writers * Stage 3 Writers * The Novel Wrapped * The Numbers Stages of a Fiction Writer: Introduction I was going to present this in one post, but it was far too long so I split it into two parts. This post and the next are for private self-evaluation only. This is not intended to sound harsh, only honest. Note: I will never make a judgment regarding which “stage” you’re in as a fiction writer, so please don’t ask. That’s up to you … Read more

In today’s Journal * Correction * Thought of the Day * The Bradbury Challenge Writers Reporting * The Novel * Storytelling at Depth: The Series * Special Thanks * Of Interest * The Numbers Happy Canada Day! And thanks to writer George Kordonis for bringing it to my attention. Correction Oops. In yesterday’s post, I advertised a Quote of the Day in the table of contents. There was no quote of the day. That was a holdover from earlier. Mark it up to Old Man Slippage. Thought of the Day Now and then I come up with a good one: … Read more

In today’s Journal * An Endorsement *Critiques *Copyediting * Tomorrow * A Note to Non-Subscribers * An Expansion on the Use of Parens and Em Dashes * No Writing Again * The Numbers An Endorsement Now that the smoke has cleared from my mini-vacation, I thought I’d trot out a few reminders here. Awhile back, Peter Armstrong, an excellent storyteller who needed a little help translating the story to the page, left the following excerpted comment on a TNDJ post regarding an opening critique and then eventual copyedit I did for him: “Doubt Harvey’s words at your own risk. I … Read more