how to write

  • Behind “The Process”: Vary Your Sentences (blah-blah-blah…)

    Vary your sentences. Writing teachers say it a lot, but without some explanation, the advice can fall flat, so… What do they mean, “Vary your sentences”? Well, there are lots of different ways to construct sentences, right? Whether or not you have a love affair with grammar and know all the terms and all that…

  • Behind “The Process”: Don’t Be Shy

    Hey writers! One of the things writers fear most is exactly the thing they should most embrace. Criticism. I don’t mean people telling you, “This is really good,” or, “This sucks.” While someone telling you something is good feels nice inside, by itself it isn’t helpful. And the latter is every writer’s worst fear (when…

  • Behind “The Process”: Rewriting

    Hey fellow writers! While writing my book, my friends and family constantly asked me: “Are you almost done yet?” They, like most people, don’t fully understand what “The Process” entails. They think you just write something and there ya go. Donesies. Not quite. I mean, you could write that way. But, as Truman Capote said,…