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- Sat Apr 30, 2016 7:59 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Writing for Children - Picture Books Part 2
- Replies: 13
- Views: 15801
Re: Writing for Children - Picture Books Part 2
You answered my question on the first post. I guess I wasn't patient enough. The points about page turns and endings and reading it aloud are particularly helpful. Never mind. All your points are helpful. Thanks.
- Sat Apr 30, 2016 7:50 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Writing for Children - Picture Books Part 1
- Replies: 17
- Views: 22519
Re: Writing for Children - Picture Books Part 1
Is there still a standard length for picture books? When I researched it a few years ago, it was 32 pages, including coverplate and other things. I didn't come across the concept of leaving part for the illustrator, but that makes sense. I've written a book and a friend has illustrated it and we wor...
- Thu Apr 07, 2016 7:10 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Writing Biblical Fiction
- Replies: 19
- Views: 24801
Re: Writing Biblical Fiction
I agree with Joanne that writing Biblical fiction should be treated like writing historical fiction - after all, that's what it is. So the facts need to be researched and it needs to feel authentic. I'm not sure I've done that, but as a reader I notice. But I think a bigger problem could lie with in...
- Sat Apr 02, 2016 11:46 am
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Writing Biblical Fiction
- Replies: 19
- Views: 24801
Re: Writing Biblical Fiction
I've tried 3 and 5. I don't like 1 or 2 because they feel like I'm playing around with the integrity of scripture. But I agree that God intends us to use our creativity, which is why I'm comfortable with the others. I enjoyed Waves of Grace, Cat. The drama was excellent. Here's a link to one that fi...
- Sun Sep 27, 2015 7:03 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Be a Better Writer--CAPITALIZING PRONOUNS FOR GOD
- Replies: 22
- Views: 32321
Re: Be a Better Writer--CAPITALIZING PRONOUNS FOR GOD
I stated capitalizing God's pronouns when I started writing a lot. For respect. But what you wrote makes perfect sense and even though it will be hard, I intend to stop using caps for pronouns. Unless, of course, the editor wants them.
- Sun Sep 27, 2015 6:51 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Be a Better Writer--NONFICTION AND RESEARCH
- Replies: 14
- Views: 16720
Re: Be a Better Writer--NONFICTION AND RESEARCH
Jan, thanks for your comments. As always, they are helpful. As far as the quotation marks in the text, that's where I'm struggling with the principles of citing sources. I know how John felt because he wrote about it in a letter and the word in quotes are his words. his “heart began to thump and pou...
- Tue Sep 22, 2015 9:32 am
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Be a Better Writer--NONFICTION AND RESEARCH
- Replies: 14
- Views: 16720
Re: Be a Better Writer--NONFICTION AND RESEARCH
My question is related to creative non-fiction. I'm struggling with how to use the research in the narrative. I'm writing a biography based mostly on letters written by my subject. He described a tonsillectomy he went through in 1920. I also found a medical resource from that period that described t...
- Wed Nov 19, 2014 12:56 pm
- Forum: Page Turner Writing Contest
- Topic: Top 15 Finalists - 2014 Page Turner Contest
- Replies: 10
- Views: 18567
Re: Top 15 Finalists - 2014 Page Turner Contest
Congrulations to the finalists.
- Sun Oct 19, 2014 7:58 pm
- Forum: Page Turner Writing Contest
- Topic: 2014 Page Turner Entry Tally
- Replies: 30
- Views: 40338
Re: 2014 Page Turner Entry Tally
Of course I'd love to win, but what I'm really looking forward to is the feedback. Thanks for offering that Deb.
- Sun Sep 21, 2014 4:58 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Be a Better Writer--WRITING IN DIFFERENT TENSES
- Replies: 14
- Views: 17678
Re: Be a Better Writer--WRITING IN DIFFERENT TENSES
This isn't the assignment, but I thought it would be interesting to add that I recently overheard my 6 year old granddaughter playing pretend with her brother. She narrated her actions in first person, past tense. "I went to the barn and fed the chickens and then I closed I fed the pigs. I was ...
- Sat Sep 13, 2014 4:28 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Be a Better Writer--USING IMAGERY
- Replies: 50
- Views: 58929
Re: Be a Better Writer--USING IMAGERY
In "You can't make this stuff up" Lee Gutkind writes about using intimate details to make your non-fiction come alive for the reader. As I understand it, that means adding a descriptive word or a detailed object. For example (mine, not his): The little bird climbed to the top of the lamp. ...
- Wed Sep 10, 2014 4:13 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Be a Better Writer--MEMOIR AND 1ST PERSON NARRATIVE
- Replies: 31
- Views: 132010
Re: Be a Better Writer--MEMOIR AND 1ST PERSON NARRATIVE
I think I'm going to print out this lesson and post it by my computer. I had a similar experience to Cat's. After my son had leukemia, I tried writing about it many times, in many different ways. Most of them aren't worth reading. But I finally found my voice, through the challenge, and after revisi...
- Tue Sep 02, 2014 1:50 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Be a Better Writer--BIOGRAPHY
- Replies: 16
- Views: 19918
Re: Be a Better Writer--BIOGRAPHY
Thank you, Jan. The definitions are clear and very helpful. Now I'm off to write some biography. Rather, I'm off to do research for a biography.
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- Sun Aug 31, 2014 7:28 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Be a Better Writer--BIOGRAPHY
- Replies: 16
- Views: 19918
Re: Be a Better Writer--BIOGRAPHY
Jan, this is exactly what I was looking for. I guess I first needed to have the differences between biography, memoir and whatever else there is defined for me. Jaydavidking's story and both of Steve's have given me a better idea of what biography is. It's also clear that the way to grab the reader ...
- Sat Aug 30, 2014 9:15 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Be a Better Writer--BIOGRAPHY
- Replies: 16
- Views: 19918
Re: Be a Better Writer--BIOGRAPHY
You have a lot of useful information here. I'll have to sort through it, but my first thought is that I have written several challenge articles that are in the middle. They are based on actual events and people, but I was pretty loose about changing some of the facts to make them into a story. I def...