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Category Archives: The Writing Process
Writing Diary: When the Story Takes Over the Writing
It never fails. In every novel or novella I have written, the story decides about four-fifths of the way through to scrap my original ending and take a hard turn somewhere else. Every. Single. Time. The next Lodestone installment was … Continue reading
Writing When You Feel Overwhelmed: Hope for the Struggling Writer
How many of you have felt totally overwhelmed when you realized the amount of work it would actually take to complete your story? I’m sitting here at Starbucks. I’m supposed to be writing the rough draft to Book 3 of … Continue reading
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Tagged Plot, writing, writing tips
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Facing Your Deepest Fears – M. B. Weston’s Writing Diary 08/29/16
I’m sitting in front of my computer with shivers literally traveling down my arms. I can’t imagine how my poor character is feeling… Except my character is a Navy Seal. Named Tom… [Cue the excitement from the Elysian Chronicles fans…] … Continue reading
M. B. Weston’s Writing Diary: Writing When the Muse Won’t Talk 01/22/15
Writing deadlines and publishers don’t care if the muse decides to go on hiatus. I’ve got a deadline coming up (April 15th) and a stalled story. When ideas don’t come quickly, I don’t have a choice. I have to “get … Continue reading
M. B. Weston’s Writing Diary: 01/18/15
I am so glad that the rough draft is supposed to be rough and that Microsoft Word comes equipped with both the undo button and the cut and paste function. Last night’s writing session was all about getting down the … Continue reading
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Tagged dialog, pulp, urban fantasy, writing
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The New Prologue After Previous Edits
If you have been following my blog this week, I have been showing a few examples of my editing process using the prologue to a paranormal thriller I’m working on (currently called Unleashed). On Monday, I posted the working prologue … Continue reading
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Tagged angel, author, beast of gevaudan, editing, Elysian Chronicles, fantasy, Gévaudan, guardian angel, Jean Chastel, La Bête, M. B. Weston, publishing, speaker, warfare, writing
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Writing & Editing: Find & Correct Common Grammar Mistakes
No matter how often we try to avoid it, we all make a few subtle grammatical errors when we write. Some of them occur when we type the wrong word. Others are born from listening to incorrect grammar on TV … Continue reading
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Tagged angel, author, editing, Elysian Chronicles, fantasy, guardian angel, M. B. Weston, publishing, speaker, warfare, writing
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Writing & Editing: Find & Eliminate Cheesy Cliches
Eliminating cheesy cliches is easier said than done. We writers are busy as bees trying to write our stories, and words cannot express how easy it is to close up shop at the end of the day and ignore the … Continue reading
Writing & Editing: Find & Eliminate Undescriptive, Empty Words
Word are a writer’s currency, and we must use them judiciously. Words that serve no real purpose except to fill space because they sound good are a waste of our word count and our readers’ time. Remember that the reader … Continue reading
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Tagged angel, author, editing, Elysian Chronicles, fantasy, guardian angel, M. B. Weston, publishing, speaker, warfare, writing
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Writing & Editing: Find & Eliminate Words You Overuse
All writers have our pet set of words that we use over and over again. It’s fine to write them in your first draft, but make sure you seek them out and eliminate them before you turn in your final … Continue reading
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