Tag: writing

• 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

• The Dreaming Writer’s Imminent Demise (A Working Example)

  

  And then there were five.

  Vesna Kurilic

  July 29, 2020

  plan, want, write

  books, creative writing, fiction, fiction writing, genre, literature, shipping, short stories, writing

• n+1 Reasons Why I’ll Never Stop Reading Fanfiction

  

  What it says on the tin.

  Vesna Kurilic

  July 22, 2020

  fandom, geek, live, read, the wolf on, want, write

  ao3, archive of our own, fandom, fanfiction, fiction, fiction writing, shipping, writing

• It’s a Wrap! Who’s Ready for the Sequel? (Editing Diary 9)

  

  Dearly beloved, we have gathered here today to mark the end of the first revision of a brand new novel!

  Vesna Kurilic

  July 21, 2020

  editing diary, revise, write

  art, books, creative writing, creativity, editing, fiction, fiction writing, literature, revision, writing

• Heartbreak at the End of the Novel

  

  Does it get easier, truly? (And do I even want to know?)

  Vesna Kurilic

  July 15, 2020

  live, revise, write

  books, craft, creative writing, editing, fiction, fiction writing, literature, revision, writing

• (Best Laid) Summer Plans for 2020

  

  Here’s to those who plan, not too wisely, know not wisely, but too well…

  Vesna Kurilic

  July 8, 2020

  live, plan, snw, write

  creative writing, creativity, editing, fiction, fiction writing, habits, literature, plans, revision, romance, short fiction, short stories, writing

• Everything’s Easier With a Little Plot (Editing Diary 8)

  

  I fought chapter 18, and… I won?

  Vesna Kurilic

  July 6, 2020

  editing diary, revise, write

  art, books, creative writing, editing, fiction, fiction writing, genre, literature, revision, writing

• The ‘Slow’ Writer’s Dilemma

  

  How slow is too slow?

  Vesna Kurilic

  July 1, 2020

  revise, write

  creative writing, editing, fiction, fiction writing, revision, writing, writing life