Today, I thought it would be a good idea to show you how I pre-edit my novel for my editor and how you can too. In this short 16 minute video I teach how to self edit your novel as well as get an inside look as to how I edited When Love Hurts so please, have a look.
Hello, my name is Shaquanda Dalton and welcome to Learnasyouwrite.com! I'm from Milwaukee, Wisconsin and graudated from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with a degree in Creative Writing. I fell in love with writing at the age nine and love it till this day. :)
There is a difference between what you write for yourself and what you write for everyone else to read ( your readers). It’s not to say that you shouldn’t write what you care about. in fact, you should always what you care about and that you are interested in. You are the one spending hours to […]
What is slang? Slang is something that you would say to your best friend. It’s a way of talking that gets your message across quicker and sometimes even ‘cooler’. Some slang words or phrases include but aren’t limited to: Finna– about to Ain’t– isn’t Gonna– going to Bro– brother, friend Cuz– cousin, because Dope– cool […]
Over the last five months I’ve really started to take my writing seriously. Even though I’ve wanted to be a writer since I was 9 years old, I didn’t really see myself as a professional until recently. That was understandable at nine but now I’m 20 years old and I’ve finally taking the steps to […]
One of the misconceptions of writing is that you have to say everything the character is thinking. But most of you know that isn’t true. I’ve thought about this for a while, connecting the fact that dialogue can show more than what your character’s say. It speaks for what the character’s not saying as well. Dialogue […]
