This past weekend, I went to the 2010 Springmingle conference sponsored by the Southern Breeze SCBWI chapter. On Wednesday, I shared some tips about developing your character. Today, I'm going to share some revision techniques. For me, I love the revision process more than I do writing the draft. Revision allows me to make my characters deeper and uncover things about my novel that I couldn't see in the draft. These tips are that I gathered from Cheryl Klein, senior editor of Arthur A. … [Read more...]
2010 Springmingle: Character Dimensions
March 3, 2010 Read Comments
This past weekend, I went to the 2010 Springmingle conference sponsored by the Southern Breeze SCBWI chapter. Cheryl Klein, senior editor of Arthur A. Levine Books (a Scholastic imprint), led an interesting workshop called "Dimensions of Character." I'm a plotter first, which means my character arcs come second after the plot idea. I don't concentrate on character sketches or bios --- like I shared in a previous post, Character Development. However, Cheryl Klein did have some great tips … [Read more...]
2010 Springmingle: Common Themes
March 1, 2010 Read Comments
This past weekend, I had the pleasure of attending the 2010 Springmingle conference, which was sponsored by the Southern Breeze SCBWI chapter. I posted live tweets throughout the conference, if you missed any of them, you can go to the Twitter #scbwiatl thread to get the highlights. The conference was great with wonderful speakers and workshops and best of all, I got to mingle with my kindred spirits. As the conference days flew by, I saw a common theme coming from the speakers. Just … [Read more...]
2010 Springmingle Conference
February 26, 2010 Read Comments
I'm excited because I get to attend my first writing conference of the year. I plan to attend at least three more conferences this year as well --- and I'll be sure to tell you all about them. Springmingle '10 is sponsored by the Southern Breeze chapter of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). The conference starts on Friday and ends on Sunday. Here are the faculty and keynote speakers: Jane Yolen, Author - Keynote Speaker … [Read more...]
