A Webinar with Martha Brockenbrough Date/TimeDate(s) - 03/23/20226:30 pm - 7:30 pm REGISTRATION IS OPEN! Rhythm, Rhetoric, and Musical Writing; A Webinar with Martha Brockenbrough Meaning in writing comes from more than the words you choose. There’s a hidden music behind language, one made of rhythm and other devices that writers have studied for centuries... Continue Reading →
REMINDER: Professional Series Meeting Thurs
See you tonight, Thursday, November 8 at 7pm at Seattle Pacific University, Demaray Hall 150 (This friendly reminder about November's Professional Series Meeting was brought to you by that master of illustrative shenanigans, Dana Sullivan.) PSM newcomer Tip #1: REACH ACROSS THE AISLE and introduce yourself to someone you don't know!
Passive Voice Article
Fellow SCBWI member Christina Wilsdon sent us this link (thanks Christina!). Nancy Pearl reposted an article discussing the merits of selected use of the passive voice by another author. It's a good article to check out! And make sure you visit Christina's website.
Kathleen Alcalá Program Summary
Did you miss the last SCBWI Professional Series Meeting? Erik Pulkka has written up a summary of the evening's program.Summary from the November 9 SCBWI WW Main Program: SPEAKING IN TONGUES: ZADIE SMITH AND OTHER WRITERS ON POINT OF VIEW Or Something Like Voice with Kathleen Alcalá.Kathleen talked about how choosing the right point of... Continue Reading →
Podcast: finding your writer’s voice
This comes from the Creative Penn blog: Authenticity is incredibly important these days as people are sick of the marketing spin that is used by so many. You as an individual are unique and therefore no one else can be like you. Your writer’s voice needs to be just as authentic – but how do... Continue Reading →
Tips on honing your YA voice
Alan Rinzler's blog has some tips from agents for aspiring YA writers:Wanna write a scorcher for the booming YA market? OK, here’s the secret: The first thing you need to do is create an authentic, quirky, true-to-life voice. The story and characterizations in Young Adult fiction are crucial too, of course, but the most important... Continue Reading →
Donald Maas on voice
The literary agent Donald Maas has posted on Writer Unboxed blog about voice: Voice…or Volume? Voice in fiction is a term poorly defined. What does it mean? Style? Subject matter? Sensibility? World view? All of the above? Whatever it means editors, agents and readers all want it. The thing is, every novelist already has a... Continue Reading →
Tips for finding your voice
The editor Alan Rinzler has a helpful post on voice:Voice is what gives writing energy, authenticity, it animates the narrator and characters with a unique personality. It grabs your attention and keeps you turning the page.I remember the first time I read Claude Brown’s Manchild in the Promised Land, and Lenore Skenazy’s Free Range Kids.... Continue Reading →