by lauralizbuckley | 19 Jan, 2021 | Writing
What made me want to write an ultimate guide to redrafting? Thank you so much for asking. There were a couple of key things: I finished redrafting my contemporary YA story last year, and actually enjoyed the process! So, I wanted to spread the joy.In working with...
by lauralizbuckley | 5 Jan, 2021 | Writing
How do you write better descriptions? It’s a question that I get asked a lot as a developmental editor. Most of the writers I work with don’t feel confident in their descriptions. They’re worried that they’re saying too much or not enough. That their descriptions are...
by lauralizbuckley | 15 Dec, 2020 | Writing
When I’m working with newer writers, the ‘can I write this’ question comes up a lot, in different forms. In this post, I’m hoping to give you an outside perspective on whether or not you can write this. Whatever ‘this’ is! Now, it is important to note before we jump...
by lauralizbuckley | 8 Dec, 2020 | Writing
It’s one of the first things you decide when you start writing: past or present tense? You may not even have been aware of the decision! But the minute you started writing your story, even just a tiny piece of it, you made the choice. Sometimes I work with writers who...
by lauralizbuckley | 1 Dec, 2020 | Writing
What were the lessons learned from NaNoWriMo this year? Before I go into that, just a little context: I wrote most of this post in the morning on Saturday 28th November. At that point, I was at just over 35,000 words, more than 11,000 words short of where I was meant...
by lauralizbuckley | 13 Nov, 2020 | Writing
We’ve talked about the advantages of a close third-person perspective, but what about the disadvantages? I’ve written a few blog posts detailing the pros and cons of different narrative perspectives. You can find the posts on first-person perspective here: advantages...
