Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Tips & Tricks for Crafting Stories...



Writing is a wild ride, and Stephanie and Jess are sharing tips and tricks on the ups and downs of crafting a mystery. They've opened the closets in the Begonia House and followed the twisted corridors into the nooks and crannies of their story, where they uncovered useful tools to navigate a writer's pursuit in delivering a book.



After presenting at the Plumb Memorial Library, the authors discuss their experience using Google to build their book series in this short video clip. There's no better place to get a clue than the library!

Episode 1: Using Google to organize and edit a manuscript

Example of organizing in the Google Drive
From this:
To this:

Example of editing with Google Docs
From this:
To This:
Referring for Google/ G Suite Referral Program 

Try out G Suite and wrangle your words in line.
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Stay tuned for the next episode of 
Making A Mystery
Coming Soon!
Catch our feature articles on Writing Mysteries

Critique, Editing your MS

Working with editors, Collaborating using Google Docs

Skeleton's poetic interpretation on formatting a book

Origins of a story, Creative process

Tips for growing a successful book garden

Writing Resources

Editors 

Monday, February 5, 2018

Monday's Riddle: Blind Beats...

Hello, Riddlers! Can you guess our theme this week? It's always the right time to celebrate this feeling, but in February we like to show off.  ; ) ~ F

Simple, yet complex; this is felt by muscle flex. It'll knot your gut, tingle toes, make heads spin as it grows. Like a coin with two sides, it's kept in view or rather hides. The main focus of a plight, this can cause a terrible fight. The reason why you laugh and sing. The single point of everything. It may feel grand or make you mope, but being blind, has infinite scope.

What am I referring to? Stop by Wednesday for the answer.

I gave you a clue!
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