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Pause for Percolation: The Writing Brain

Posted onJune 3, 2021May 19, 2021AuthorCarol Newman Cronin2 Comments

This writer’s brain needs time to percolate. Read More …

CategoriesWritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, coffee, WIP

Draft: Shallow or Deep?

Posted onAugust 13, 2020July 21, 2020AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Writers and sailors define draft differently, but here’s an analogy that connects the two. Read More …

CategoriesWritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, draft, Ferry to Cooperation Island, pantser, WIP

First 250 Words: Then and Now

Posted onAugust 30, 2018August 29, 2018AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

What we learn on the first page of a novel should be the most important stuff of all. Read More …

CategoriesEditing, FictionTagsCarol Newman Cronin, editing, first page, revising, revision, WIP

Chapter One: Just Say No to Noise

Posted onAugust 30, 2018August 29, 2018AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Start off the story with just enough of the perfect details to hook the reader. Easy, right? Read More …

CategoriesFiction, WritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, first chapter, revising, WIP

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Next Novel: Work Not Yet In Progress

Posted onAugust 16, 2018July 21, 2020AuthorCarol Newman Cronin2 Comments

The fairy dust of another story has been sprinkled across my desktop. Read More …

CategoriesFiction, WritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, creativity, WIP, writing

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