Let’s Get Real About That Story Ending You’re Writing Right Now
Today’s writing-related Challenge of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, involves getting real about your story.
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jul 4, 20173 min read
Let’s End This
For today’s writing Definition of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, we’ve done it! Or just about anyway, since all
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 30, 20173 min read
Your Falling Action Probably Doesn’t Need a Deus Ex Machina
Since it’s not necessarily a commonly understood term, let’s define deus ex machina right from the get-go.
According to my go-to resource,
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 29, 20173 min read
Should Your Story Have a Sequel?
Today’s writing-related Challenge of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, focuses on the future – your story’s future,
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 28, 20174 min read
If You Were a Villain, What Would You Look Like?
The world would be much better off if we tried considering ourselves through a different lens every once in a while – a villainous one, to b
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 27, 20174 min read
How to Handle a Story’s Stage No. 4: the Plot’s Falling Action
For today’s writing Definition of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, we’ve moved past a story’s beginning, its risin
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 26, 20173 min read
Writing Aside, a Picture Is Worth 1,000 Words. And an Experience...?
Last week, I was down at the Outer Banks, North Carolina, on vacation with my family. And while the house we rented was problematic in a doz
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 23, 20172 min read
Don’t Drag Out Your Story’s Drama Too Long
I know I already said this with Writing Rule #24 about rising action, but it’s true of a story’s climax too: Drama gets old fast.
That’s wh
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 22, 20173 min read
If a Main Character’s Going to Suffer, Then So Should the Writer
Today’s writing-related Challenge of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, has to do with writers suffering right along
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 21, 20173 min read
Do You Want to Literally Own Your Writer’s Status?
There are too many writers out there who are way too afraid to claim their writer’s status.
When someone asks them the pretty simple questi
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 20, 20173 min read
This Is Where It All Goes Down… Literally (and Literarily)
Today’s writing Definition of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, is for the word “Climax.”
In the literary world, w
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 16, 20173 min read
Don’t Bore Readers in Your Rising Action Scenes
Believe it or not, action scenes can get boring. Like really, really, really boring.
That’s why the rising action segment in your story sho
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 15, 20173 min read
In the Writing World, It’s Good to Be a Tease
Today’s writing-related Challenge of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, has to do with being a tease – specifically
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 14, 20174 min read
The Reasons Why We Write (This Post Might Contain a Spoiler or 10)
The other day, I finished reading Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty. There are so many reason why I found it a fascinating book, one of whic
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 9, 20173 min read
What You DO NOT Want to Do to Be Traditionally Published
Here’s the thing about being traditionally published: You have to follow the traditional publishing industry rules... or be really, really g
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 8, 20173 min read
For the Love of Writing, Please Accept This Writing Challenge!
Unlike last time, today’s writing-related Challenge of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, isn’t meant to downright t
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 7, 20173 min read
A Reader Reacts to a “Writer’s Responsibility”
On May 31, I asked the question of “What’s a Fiction Writer’s Responsibility in Dealing With Real-Life Pain?” As usual, I posted that blog t
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 6, 20174 min read
How to Begin a Story: Story-Building Step No. 1
Today’s writing Definition of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, is for “Exposition.”
In snotty literary circles –
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 2, 20173 min read
Writing Rule #22: Your Writing Style Isn’t Completely Stable
Creative writers are never completely stable people, so why would we ever think our styles and skills would be static?
Put simply, they’re
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Jeannette DiLouie
Jun 1, 20173 min read
Do You Have What It Takes to Write Like Your Favorite Author?
Today’s writing-related Challenge of the Week, as posted on Innovative Editing’s Facebook page, is meant to downright torture you.
At least
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