Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Section 1 Getting Started 4
1 Setting Goals and Objectives 5
Tutorial 1 Writing Scenes 13
2 Attitudinal Shifts 17
Tutorial 2 Point of View 25
Section 2 Let's Go! Start the Habit of Daily Writing 34
3 Build Your Daily Writing Stamina 35
4 Rise 'n' Write: Writing In the Morning 46
5 Journal Writing 52
6 Writing At the End of Your Day 63
7 Writers And Dreaming 68
Section 3 Integrating Writing Into Your Work Day 73
8 Drive-Time: Thinking Out Loud On the Road 74
Tutorial 3 Creating Memorable Characters 81
9 All Aboard! Turn Your Train or Bus Ride Into Writing Time 86
Tutorial 4 Writing Great Settings 90
10 Before, During, and After Work: Grab Your Writing Time When You Can 96
11 Writers, Take Back Your Lunch Hour 105
Tutorial 5 Writing Dialogue 115
12 Truth and Fiction: Writing About Other People-Including Your Colleagues 119
Section 4 Making Your Writing Better: Reviewing and Revising 126
13 Going Back In There: Revisit and Rewrite 127
14 Reviewing and Revising Your Own Work 138
Tutorial 6 Editing For Creative Writers 154
15 Enlisting Others to Review Your Work 161
Tutorial 7 Giving and Taking Feedback-and Making Those Final Choices 182
16 Writing Away From Home: Writers Retreats and Conferences 187
conclusion: Writing While Holding Down a Day Job: It's Right There On the Candy Wrapper 187
Section 5 Twenty Author Interviews 198
Index 236
