Happy Writing
Stéphane @ Happy WritingHappy writing for serious writers who refuse to choose between gripping stories and beautiful prose. Craft analysis based on published novels by a developmental editor, mindset work to stop self-sabotaging, and activities to make writing fun again.
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Writing is the art of noticing – one thought and one prompt
Tell me about your mother’s hair.
My mother’s is straight and long and black. It is thin and self-dyed to hide the grey and not at all like mine. Hers never gets tangled, though she insists on me brushing it every once in a while. She knee...
The Problem With Your Saggy Middle Isn't In The Middle
You merged two characters and added a new POV to the mix. And a subplot. And a dead boyfriend for crying out loud!
And yet, you're losing the battle against your saggy middle (I mean, your novel’s).
Here’s what might be happening.
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4 Overlooked Mindset Blocks That Keep Writers Stuck
The #1 thing standing between most writers and the story they want to write is not lack of talent but self-sabotage.
Because writer’s block isn't about writing at all. It’s about our relationship to our own ambition, to discomfort, to the...
The Myth of Constant Creativity
The well was dry and it wasn’t my fault.
For the past year I’d been juggling taking care of a toddler (who didn’t go to daycare until last month), building a developmental editing business and an online platform, and editing my novel. I w...
The Clarity Edit: When You Can't See What Your Manuscript Needs Anymore
You’ve revised your manuscript more times than you can count, but somehow, it still isn’t right, and the longer you sit with it, the harder it gets to see why.
That’s what an outside eye is for.
The Clarity Edit is a big-picture manuscri...
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