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Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Fiction Writing Blunders

Each Wednesday, Jerry B. Jenkins posts writing tips on his blog. Currently he is doing a series called "8 Basic Fiction Writing Blunders", and I think you will enjoy reading these. I will try to remember to link them here each Wednesday.

Jerry B. Jenkins is the author of over 150 books. He is also the owner and director of the Christian Writers Guild which strives to train high-quality writers. Jenkins is best known for authoring the best-selling Left Behind book series.

His Wednesday blog series is NOT written to Christian writers - it is written to ALL writers. So, no matter what fiction genre you write in, you will learn a lot from these posts. In fact, the first two Wednesday writing posts have dealt with cliché writing and on-the-nose (stating the obvious) writing. Those could apply to writing outside of fiction as well. Check them out:

Week 1: 8 Basic Fiction Writing Blunders (Morning-routine cliché) by Jerry B. Jenkins

Week 2: 8 Basic Fiction Writing Blunders (Answering-the-phone cliché) by Jerry B. Jenkins

Week 3: 8 Basic Fiction Writing Blunders (The clutter of detail) by Jerry B. Jenkins

Week 4: 8 Basic Fiction Writing Blunders (Skip the recitals of ordinary life) by Jerry B. Jenkins

Week 5: 8 Basic Fiction Writing Blunders (Don't spell it out) by Jerry B. Jenkins

Week 6: 8 Basic Fiction Writing Blunders (Pass on the Preachiness) by Jerry B. Jenkins

Week 7: 8 Basic Fiction Writing Blunders (Setting the Scene) by Jerry B. Jenkins

Week 8: 8 Basic Fiction Writing Blunders (Coincidences) by Jerry B. Jenkins


Post by: LWC Director Karen Aldridge. Visit her personal blog at My Writing Loft.

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