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Eva Langston

10 Simple Plot Exercises You Need to Do BEFORE You Write Your Novel!

Choosing the right point of view for your novel or short story is only half the battle. Make sure you're not making these tricky POV mistakes!

6 Point of View Mistakes in Fiction (and how to fix them!)

in Writing, YA & MG Posts on 03/01/18

  Let me tell you about a Middle Grade book I wrote long, long ago. The first draft was in first person. But the book was a fairy tale, and first person didn’t seem quite right. So I rewrote it in limited third person, from the protagonist’s point of view. And that worked better. I got an agent, and we… View Post

memoir Warriors Don't Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals

What Writers Can Learn from Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals

in Uncategorized on 02/13/18

**Thank you to Ariane Peveto for writing this post about Warriors Don’t Cry — my very first guest post!  Ariane is a poet and writer.  Read more about her at the end of this article.**       What better way to celebrate Black History Month than to take a close look at Melba Pattillo Beals’ memoir Warriors Don’t Cry: A Searing… View Post

In anticipation of the new Disney movie version, here are 5 lessons writers can learn from the classic children's novel A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle.

What Can A Wrinkle in Time Teach Us About Writing?

in Children's Literature Study, Reading, Writing on 02/04/18

I don’t know about you, but I’m excited about the new movie version of A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle. Excited and nervous, the way I am every time one of my favorite books is turned into a movie. Disney’s A Wrinkle in Time comes out March 9, and I’m really hoping it’ll be good. I’m not sure how… View Post

Why do you write? Here is my list of reasons why I write.

Why I Write

in Writing on 01/27/18

The other day my lovely friend B. A. Veiman of The Writing Chickadee sent me a video of poet and performer Cecilia Knapp sharing her spoken word poem “Why I Write.” After listening to her gorgeous (and gorgeously-British-accented!) prose, I asked myself: why do I write? This is a good time to ask that question. My daughter was born last… View Post

10 important questions to ask yourself when revising a novel.

10 Questions to Ask Yourself When Revising a Novel

in Writing on 01/18/18

A few months ago I said I was writing a teen paranormal suspense novel, and I was. But I was having a lot of trouble finding the time and brain space to create something totally new. So I decided to put the new novel on the back burner for now (maybe until my baby is better at napping??) and focus… View Post

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