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. :)
Sometimes when I’m sitting down to write I can’t think of how to start. I know what I need to say. And I know what the scene’s about, I just don’t know what the first line should be. I figured I wasn’t the only writer with this problem, so I decided to share exactly how […]
It’s right dab in the middle of the football preseason and football fans everywhere are enjoying this time of year right before the season kicks off. So as my boyfriend and his mom yell at the living room tv it got me thinking. What can writers learn from football and here’s what I’ve come up […]
Is it possible for your readers to know which of your characters are talking without using tags? i.e Mary said, John said, or Katie said. I think yes. Here are three reasons how it can be possible: If you know your character’s voice including word choice and vocabulary helps your reader decipher who’s talking. Knowing […]
I’m going to bare it all and tell you my writing weaknesses. I want to tell you so that you can avoid these mistakes as well when you write your novel or short stories. No one writes perfect the first time but any work can be beautiful through careful revision. Mistake #1 Improper use of commas, colons […]
