eCollegeFinder has nominated my blog and my blog post on The Writing Craft for a Top Blogger Awards. eCollegeFinder began to award deserving blogs in early 2010. Their goal in hosting the awards is to enrich students while giving high-quality blogs the recognition they deserve. Award winners are listed on our site; you can view the awards we’ve given in the past at https://www.ecollegefinder.org/award-series.aspx.
How would you describe your blog to readers of our site?
I started this blog as a way to connect with other writers and readers and progressed to include not just information about my own writing but how to reach your personal goals as a writer. I love helping others and I have expanded this idea into a series of classes that you can read more about at my other blog. http://nrwilliamsthewritingcraft.blogspot.com/
· What advice can you offer students aiming to improve their writing acumen?
I am a fantasy author. So this question will be answered as a writer of fictional material. First and foremost there is no substitute for paying your dues. What do I mean by that? With the simplicity of self publishing through e-books on multiple sites, I have witnessed many would be authors publish their work before it was ready. I believe each writer has a unique voice and a story to tell, but you must invest the time to learn to write well. As with everything in life, there are rules. As an example I will use POV (point of view.) You can have one POV or many, but to change POV in the middle of a paragraph is confusing to a reader and will lead to frustration. I spent years honing my craft, attending conferences and workshops and I belong to an in person critique group. When I learned to control where and when I changed POV, I saw my writing improve by leaps and bounds. That is only one are of expertise. There are many.
You may search many blogs and read many post all of them excellent and knowledgeable. But if you are new to fictional writing, I urge you to take classes, either from me or someone else. There are many online resources for this. If you are an aspiring writer, I hope you let me know in the comments and I will follow you to watch you progress.
Happy Writing, Nancy
I am a fantasy author. So this question will be answered as a writer of fictional material. First and foremost there is no substitute for paying your dues. What do I mean by that? With the simplicity of self publishing through e-books on multiple sites, I have witnessed many would be authors publish their work before it was ready. I believe each writer has a unique voice and a story to tell, but you must invest the time to learn to write well. As with everything in life, there are rules. As an example I will use POV (point of view.) You can have one POV or many, but to change POV in the middle of a paragraph is confusing to a reader and will lead to frustration. I spent years honing my craft, attending conferences and workshops and I belong to an in person critique group. When I learned to control where and when I changed POV, I saw my writing improve by leaps and bounds. That is only one are of expertise. There are many.
You may search many blogs and read many post all of them excellent and knowledgeable. But if you are new to fictional writing, I urge you to take classes, either from me or someone else. There are many online resources for this. If you are an aspiring writer, I hope you let me know in the comments and I will follow you to watch you progress.
Happy Writing, Nancy
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