What a Creative Writer Really Needs to Prep for National Novel Writing Month
Today, I fully plan on being a tease. But it’s for your own good, creative writer. Your good and the good of your next National Novel Writin
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Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 26, 20173 min read
(The Start of) Everything a Creative Writer Needs to Know About NaNoWriMo
Dear Creative Writer,
We interrupt your regularly programmed list of Definitions, Challenges and Rules to discuss NaNoWriMo. Here’s what it
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Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 25, 20172 min read
What Makes You a Genuine Writer?
Innovative Editing started a new series on Pinterest a few weeks ago called the “Genuine Writer.” It involves a series of inspirations and e
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Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 22, 20173 min read
My Editorial Take on Your Writing Tone… How Much Does It Matter?
I ended yesterday’s writing-related, tone-focused Challenge on something of a cliffhanger. That wasn’t part of my evil editorial plan, but i
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Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 21, 20174 min read
This Week’s Writing Challenge: How Well Can You Identify Tone?
We writers strive to be as clear as possible in what we publish. We have a certain message, and we want to convey it – a worthwhile mission
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Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 19, 20173 min read
You Watch Your Tone When You’re Talking to Me!
The Definition of the Week this time around is for the word “tone.” It’s something you automatically have whenever you write, even if we don
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Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 15, 20173 min read
Bias Is Inevitable, but Logical Fallacies Are Avoidable
Writing Rule #36 doesn’t shy away from being biased. In fact, it readily acknowledges it.
We’ve all got our opinions, or biases. We’ve all
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Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 13, 20173 min read
This Biased Music Video Interpretation Blew Me Away!
Our creative writing-related word of the week is “bias” this time around. And for once, our free-for-all Monday and Wednesday blog posts fit
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Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 12, 20173 min read
Excuse Me, Writer, Your Bias Is Showing
The Definition of the Week this time around is for the word “bias.” This is something that came up two weeks ago when we were focusing on ho
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Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 11, 20173 min read
A Writing Salute to Everyone Who Lost a Loved One in 9/11 and Beyond
It’s 9/11 today, and I have an open blog spot. As such, it seems wrong to refrain from writing about the list of loved ones taken from us to
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Jeannette DiLouie
Sep 6, 20173 min read
Here’s Why You Should Never Assume You’re Right Before Writing
I’m going to call out a fellow writer today, and I’m going to do it directly for a change since he’s a non-fiction author. Simply put, those
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Jeannette DiLouie
Aug 28, 20173 min read
If You’re a Creative Writer, You're a Jerk. Own It.
On my computer, on one page of an Excel spreadsheet, there’s a list of blog post topics I’d either like to eventually write about or once th
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Jeannette DiLouie
Aug 23, 20173 min read
The Epic Pastime of People Watching – Everything a Novelist Used to Need
Did you ever participate in the epic pastime of people-watching? It’s when you sit back and take in your fellow human beings, observing what
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Jeannette DiLouie, Devany Wilson, Daeus Lamb
Aug 16, 20174 min read
The Myers-Briggs Personality Test: Do You Know Your Characters?
Being on Pinterest and various Facebook writer’s groups, I’ve long-since known that certain authors and aspiring authors approach character
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Jeannette DiLouie
Aug 13, 20173 min read
Why Writing Out Your Pain Can Get Your Life Back on Track
Believe it or not, manuscript editors like me end up interacting with a lot of truly hurt or hurting people with very painful pasts or prese
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Jeannette DiLouie
Aug 9, 20174 min read
How Much Time We Really Waste Per Day Isn’t Pretty
If you want to know how much time you waste during the day – time you could spend working on that creative writing or autobiographical or no
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jul 31, 20174 min read
“Too Many Big Words” – Could I Get Some Reader Feedback?
I’ve recently been informed by a close but potentially unreliable source of mine that Dirty Politics 1: The Politician’s Pawn has “too many
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jul 19, 20174 min read
Nobody’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf; We Just Don’t Like Her
Bring on the English-major flak, because I’m taking on a literary icon for Wednesday’s blog post! And unlike with Monday’s post, I’m naming
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jul 17, 20174 min read
Don't Be Like This Ridiculous Book, Which I'll Be Nice and Not Name
When it comes to creative writing, particularly novel writing, there are just some errors that should not be published – at least three of w
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jul 7, 20172 min read
Surprise! That Story Ending You Want to Write Might Not Work
Writing out a surprise story ending can sound like a really great idea in theory, and sometimes it can play out perfectly in practice too.
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