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. :)
Who says you can’t create creativity? Let’s face it. Some people are just not born creative or sometimes our creative juices just one low. So what do we do then? Sit around and wait for inspiration to come to us like a sudden act of the universe granting our wish of a creative idea. Um..no. […]
In this video I talk the importance of having an overall message when writing your book. This would be the takeaway message that the readers believe the book is really about. This goes further than the story description itself. It what makes your story relatable and stands out and makes your reader more likely to […]
I had a friend once who I told I wanted to be a writer. He said, “Don’t say ‘I want to be a writer,’ say ‘you are a writer’. You write everyday don’t you?” I replied yes. “Then you are a writer. Just keep writing every day. Practice.” That was the first time someone ever told […]
In this post I made a video about the different dialogue your characters can have when talking to different types of people such as their mom vs a child or a friend. What I cover: Why recognizing the shift in what your characters say is important to the story Examples of what your characters might […]
