Our weekly roundup of links we hope you’ll find interesting and useful:
• Not just for screenwriters! Fiction writers, take note of these 10 ways to bore your readers.
• And this too… no matter what kind of stories we write, we live in the world of the story.
• Writer’s Digest collects 90 top secrets of bestselling authors.
• A great list of literary fiction blogs and websites from former publishing exec Jane Friedman.
• Victoria Strauss at Writer Beware examines the statistics of finding an agent and a commercial publishing deal.
• And we leave you with… well, please just don’t ever write this book, okay?

Congratulations to all of you NaNoWriMo survivors!

Enjoy your weekend. Write something wonderful!

Our weekly roundup of links we hope you’ll find interesting and useful:
• Every writer brave enough to risk rejection is in good company: 50 Iconic Writers Who Were Repeatedly Rejected (via Go Into The Story — hop over there to leave your own definition of rejection in the comment conversation).
• Having trouble finishing that draft? Motivational psychologist Dr. Heidi Grant Halvorson describes nine things successful people do to reach their goals.
• Author Anne Beattie tells 7 truths about writers.
• Editor Kyra Freestar examines the relationship between self-publishing and editing.
• Author Kristine Kathryn Rusch does the math on how traditional publishers are making money, and why writers should care.
• Author Nathan Bransford turns writing doctor and diagnoses several writing maladies: here’s Part 1 and Part 2.
• Author Anne Allen has great, specific advice on Amazon reader reviews. Email the link to all your reader friends!
• Author John Scalzi talks about his joy in writing.
• And we leave you with more joy: go read about how a little red sketchbook raised a lot of money to build libraries where they are really needed. Be sure to watch the video.

Enjoy your weekend. Write something wonderful!

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Our weekly roundup of links we hope you’ll find interesting and useful:
• If you do nothing else this week, please let author Sara Zarr inspire you to risk failure…
• …and let author Kristine Kathryn Rusch encourage you to never give up on yourself.
• Author Junot Diaz on creating strong character voice.
• Author Lawrence Block talks in detail about his experience with self-publishing.
• Writer Beware has put together a wonderful guide to evaluating small presses — read this intro first, and then follow the direct link to the guide.
• A two-part overview of online book promotion basics: Part 1 on what doesn’t work, and Part 2 on what does.
• Agent Rachelle Gardner advises writers what not to blog about.
• And we leave you with this handy guide to naming your first novel (via The Rumpus).

Enjoy your weekend. Write something wonderful!