Tools/Tricks of the Trade

To Outline, Wing It, or Both?

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 areContinue reading “To Outline, Wing It, or Both?”

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.Continue reading “No Choice in the Matter”