In this redirect, Ryan Lanz asks if just anyone can write a Young Adult novel. He uses Sarah Dessen as an example in asking his question.
For my part, I REALLY agree with his notion that romance must be the hardest fiction to write. You really have a lot of pitfalls to navigate to make sure the story is entertaining and fresh.
Check out the article at “CAN EVERYONE WRITE A YA NOVEL?”
And check out his blog at ryanlanz.com.
P.S. Editor’s note: Nicholas Sparks… blech.
I am still going on my second pass on the novel. I have jumped around as needed. Second drafts are writing triage. I have to decide what can be saved and what isn’t worth the time to fix.
What I have to beware of is constant polishing. There will come a point where I have to “abandon” my novel. That isn’t to say that I am quitting. It means that I have to declare it “finished” and move on to my many other projects.
Continue reading “GAH! Second Passes Pass So Slow! Bonus: Poetry!”
Hi! I’m on LinkedIn!
I’ve been working on my LinkedIn profile, which even I have to say is so amazingly awesome that adjectives fail and drag themselves away whimpering when they try to describe my work history!
ENTHUSIASM!
Censorship is useless. And funny!
As I’ve mentioned in a previous post, a near-word, replacement word, or initial doesn’t really mask the actual word. It just pushes the word into the mind of the reader while giving the author semi-plausible deniability.
I want to hammer this motherplucker home, so I am including a censored story. I call it…
VISIT LIONAROUNDWRITING for the next post… an excellent article exploring how writing for money has changed (thanks, Internet), and how the appreciation of writing has changed as a result, as has the idea of actually paying for art. EXCELLENT piece.
“…MAYBE IT’S THE proliferation of social media; 140 characters on Twitter, as many as you like on Facebook. Maybe there’s a valid reason?”
The BIGGEST minutiae 