by Denise Vega | August 23, 2013 | Writing Inspiration
Some of you know that I’ve been using Scrivener software to write my current work-in-progress novel and it’s been great. I love how I can jump around, writing the scenes that most appeal to me on a particular day, move things here and there, leave notes,...
by Denise Vega | August 16, 2013 | Writing Inspiration
Last week I wrote about reshaping a story into something completely new (Friday Focus: Reshaping Your Story). The fact that I was so focused on writing my story as a picture book that I couldn’t conceive of it as anything else was keeping me from making real...
by Denise Vega | July 31, 2013 | Writing Inspiration
Today I’m off to LA for the 42nd annual SCBWI Summer Conference! In fact, depending on when you read this, I may be on the plane or already there. It starts Friday but as a Co-Regional Advisor, I’ve got some meetings and such to attend beforehand. The...
by Denise Vega | July 23, 2013 | Writing Inspiration
I’m big on re-visioning and always make the point in the classes I teach that revision isn’t just changing a word here or there or moving a paragraph. It’s re-visioning your story, seeing it from a different angle, reshaping it into something new....
by Denise Vega | July 5, 2013 | Writing Inspiration
Last week I used the “gremlin” idea–or inner critic–from Create Your Writer’s Life by Cynthia Morris. This week I want to look at another idea she brings up–discovering your writing purpose and living it out. I’ve always been...
by Denise Vega | June 26, 2013 | Writing Inspiration
Starting this week, I’m moving to blogging three days a week which means Wednesday may not always be about picture books. In fact, this week it’s not! With my life and career going through changes lately, I picked up a book I’d purchased several...
