Interesting posts about writing – w/e August 20 2010
Write Around the World, the online journal at FindAWritingGroup.com
Here’s my selection of interesting (and sometimes amusing) posts about writing from the last week:
On cliff-hanger chapter endings (Ray Rhamey)
Who said anything about having a life? (Gregory Frost)
How to Write a Query Letter (Nathan Bransford)
And the Short Answer is... AKA Why Barnes and Noble is for sale (Mike Kabongo)
7 Things I’ve Learned So Far (Kim Wright)
Books as Objects (Jennifer R. Hubbard)
Aswiebe’s Market List (Abra Staffin)
Writing Middle Grade (J. S. Lewis)
by way of Jodi Meadows
How to Write a Novel (Nathan Bransford)
How NOT to write a thriller (Jim Harrington)
Off-The-Shelf Worldbuilding – Bring it on! (Peadar Ó Guilín)
[Great post about queries] (Kathryn Allen)
What is a Short Story? (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
by way of Camille Alexa
If you have a particular favorite among these, please let the author know.
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Some resources which can tell how to write sales page?
Any more tips on writing and learning skills as soon as possible?
Or do we need to practice and practice and this is what the solution is
I really liked the issue that Rhamey addresses in his post, about having a cliff hanger ending to every chapter. I really think that if tension accumulates throughout a novel, there is no need for every chapter to have a cliffhanger.