Writing Tip Tuesday(s)
Yesterday was my buddy and NYT-bestselling-author, Barbara O'Connor's birthday.
For a completely non-birthday reason, I happened upon this quote on her blog:
The core of the writer's challenge is to tell a fresh story. As William M. Thackeray (Victorian novelist, author of Vanity Fair), summed it up: "The two most engaging powers of a good author are to make new things familiar and familiar things new."
(via Philip Martin, the editor of The New Writer's Handbook)
I love how she puts on her teacher face and shares such good advice.
Like- go all zen into your character's head and BE the character.
(Note:Even though she's older today than she was yesterday, this is not even close to how Barbara looks or how she teaches. But it is an image I borrowed from her blog because it made me smile. There's lots there that will make you smile, too.)
If you click over to Barbara's blog, you'll find a whole bunch of her Writing Tips.
For a long time, she actually called them Writing Tip Tuesdays and every single Tuesday, I learned a whole lot.
So, happy birthday, Barbara, and thank you for passing along your amazing, funny, helpful writing advice.
Oh, and if for some reason, you and your kids, ages 9-12-ish, haven't read Barbara's fabulous middle-grade novels yet, you are in for a treat. A HUGE treat.
It's hard to pick just a favorite, but this is one I've read more than once.
BTW, I loved the original cover, but this new one, wow!
2 comments:
That is a great tip. I wasn't familiar with Barbara's blog, but I will be checking it out. Thanks for that tip! Stay well.
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