Tag: fiction

• What Not to do Next?

  

  How many layers of Hell does your writing life hold? I’ve counted seven.

  Vesna Kurilic

  September 23, 2020

  live, plan, write

  2020, books, creative writing, creativity, fiction, fiction writing, how to write, literature, planning, writer, writers, writing, writing life

• How Much Sex do You(r Books) Need?

  

  It’s birds and… more birds time, kids!

  Vesna Kurilic

  September 16, 2020

  beginners, the wolf on, write, writing lessons

  creative writing, fiction, fiction writing, sex scenes, writing

• Why Writing What You Think You Should Write Doesn’t Work

  

  Quoting my favourite movie again, this time in defence of all things romance.

  Vesna Kurilic

  September 9, 2020

  love, plan, the wolf on, write, writing lessons

  craft, creative, creative writing, fanfiction, fiction, fiction writing, genre, literature, romance, translation, writing

• Should I Write Short Stories… or Novels?

  

  Do or do not. There is no try.

  Vesna Kurilic

  September 2, 2020

  beginners, write, writing lessons

  books, craft, creative writing, fiction, fiction writing, short stories

• Reality is Hard and Other Stuff I liked in August, 2020

  

  Summer was good to this humble reader.

  Vesna Kurilic

  August 28, 2020

  Edit, read, recs, write

  books, creative writing, editing, fanfiction, fiction, literature, minimalism, recs, short stories

• How Not to Plan a Novel

  

  Easy answer – by reading a post about planning a novel.

  Vesna Kurilic

  August 26, 2020

  beginners, plan, write, writing lessons

  creative writing, fiction, fiction writing, habits, nanowrimo, writing, writing life

• 4+1 Reasons Why I Don’t Send Beta Readers First Drafts

  

  Betas are worth their weight in adamantium.

  Vesna Kurilic

  August 19, 2020

  revise, write, writing lessons

  beta reader, creative writing, editing, fiction, fiction writing, revision, writing, writing life

• The Distracted Writer’s Guide to Fiction Writing

  

  So you think you can keep this writing thing up?

  Vesna Kurilic

  August 12, 2020

  live, plan, revise, write, writing lessons

  art, books, craft, creative, creative writing, creativity, editing, fiction, fiction writing, habits, literature, revision, short fiction, short stories, short story, writing, writing life

• Finding Joy in Short Stories Again

  

  What’s in a story? (The seed of another effin story, that’s for sure.)

  Vesna Kurilic

  August 5, 2020

  the wolf on, want, write

  books, creative writing, fiction, fiction writing, literature, short fiction, short stories, short story, writing

• The Fallacy of Agency (And Other Stuff I Liked in July, 2020)

  

  Midsummer writing recs—which is to say, all over the place.

  Vesna Kurilic

  July 31, 2020

  read, recs, write

  books, creative, creative writing, fiction, fiction writing, literature, recs, writing