The Wheel of Process
All Articles
The Wheel of Process is 40 sequential articles on writing from inception through editing to completion, either randomly directed for those "surprise me!" days (above) or self-directed for those "I think I know what I don't know" days (below).
1. First Draft
- Beginning at the Beginning
- The Missing Middle
- How Not to End Things
- The Reading Present
- Rules for YA Fiction
- Scenes in Non-Fiction
- The White Space Furor
- First-Person Narrative
2. Writer's Block
- Fear of the Blank Page
- A Great Writing Session
- Just Not That Good a Writer
- Why is Writing So Hard?
- Meditation for Writers
- Role of the Prompter
- The Eye of the Tiger
3. Editorial Feeback
4. Revision
- Imagination vs. Projection
- The Converted Memoir
- Tyranny of the First Draft
- Why the Ugly Duckling?
- Cut Up Your Scenes
- Embrace Limitation
5. Building a Platform
- Finding Your Audience
- Performing Your Own Work
- Social Media for Writers
- A Necessary Evil: The Synopsis
- Going on Tour
- When Should I Start Book Two?