It’s said there are two types of writers: those who work methodically off an outline and those who write by the seat of their pants, guiding their characters into the unknown with pen, paper, and intuition their only provisions. Another type that is commonly overlooked is the hybrid. In a world of logical classification, they areContinueContinue reading “To Outline, Wing It, or Both?”
Author Archives: Meagan Briggs
No Choice in the Matter
“What made you choose that?” The question made me smile. The gentleman next to me didn’t ask it in a rude way. Maybe because I don’t seem like someone who’d be interested in the textile mill industry in late-1800s Philadelphia, he genuinely wanted to know why I’d chosen it for the background of my story.ContinueContinue reading “No Choice in the Matter”
Why Some Books Make Me Wonderfully Dissatisfied
I like to say that the best books are the ones that make you dissatisfied with your own mediocre existence. I have had the privilege of reading some very good books over the past year. It was not a year in which I could boast a long list of books read, but the small stack I did readContinueContinue reading “Why Some Books Make Me Wonderfully Dissatisfied”
Giving Goals a Fighting Chance
Happy New Year! The beginning of a fresh year reminds me of a blank notebook. Empty pages have always filled me with inspiration, and in regards to the new year, I’m looking forward to seeing how each new page of 2014 will be filled. Of course, this is the time of year for resolutions. Love ’emContinueContinue reading “Giving Goals a Fighting Chance”
The Color Red: the Brighter Side
When I counted every person who had critiqued the chapter I blogged about last week, I calculated twenty. Never before have I had that large of a critique group, and never before has my writing changed so drastically from start to finish. Over two months ago, before another pair of eyes had seen that chapter,ContinueContinue reading “The Color Red: the Brighter Side”
The Color Red
Recently, three authors whom I admire gave me a crash course in the color red. Two told me red symbolizes pain, anguish, and bloodshed. The other author showed me. He took a sample of my writing and projected it against a wall for the class and me to study. First came the untouched opening of a chapterContinueContinue reading “The Color Red”
You’re Probably a Writer If…
Can you identify with writers’ perspectives, quirks, or various forms of madness? Go on–see how you compare. No one need know. You are probably a writer if: You can provide, offer, suggest, recommend, propose a minimum of five synonyms for any word. Your blood tests prove that for every part blood, there is one partContinueContinue reading “You’re Probably a Writer If…”
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