Tag: Let’s Write

• Let’s Talk About Sensitivity Readers

  

  Picking up from where we left off last week (which was all about alpha and beta readers), we’re going to chat about sensitivity readers today. Please be aware that THERE MIGHT BE POTENTIALLY TRIGGERING CONTENT IN THIS POST. About Sensitivity Readers A sensitivity reader is someone with experience on a certain topic who will offer…

  Yolandie Horak

  May 8, 2023

  Writing

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• Let’s Talk About Alpha and Beta Readers

  

  But before we start, I’d just like to insert these disclaimers. Firstly, I’m not a writing coach or anything like that, just a writer who loves learning about writing and sharing my experiences with everyone who is interested. Secondly, writers view alpha and beta teams vastly differently. Some swear by alpha and/or beta teams, others…

  Yolandie Horak

  May 1, 2023

  Writing

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• Let’s Talk About Research for Writing

  

  Back when I was podcasting, my father-in-law suggested a bunch of topics. A lot of them had to do with research, for example, how I handle research of a medical nature, or how I handle the military aspects of my writing. I’ve written a bit about the medical resources I use over on Skolion’s blog—there…

  Yolandie Horak

  April 3, 2023

  Personal

  Gaslamp Fantasy, Indie Writers, Let’s Write, Medical Fantasy, Medical Research, Medical Research for Writers, Medical Resources for Writers, Research, Skolion Writers, Stuff for Writers, Writer, Writer’s Life, Writers’ Resources, Writing

• Let’s Write PTSD

  

  Updated in 2022 I touched a slight bit on PTSD in the Let’s Write Fear post, but I figure this is a complex emotional state and needs more detail. This is a post about how traumatic events might influence characters, which means traumatic events will be mentioned. Not in detail, but they’re there. Please don’t…

  Yolandie Horak

  August 18, 2020

  Writing

  Anxiety, Character Development, Emotions, Let’s Write, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Resources, Stuff for Writers, Writer, Writer’s Life, Writers’ Resources, Writing, Writing Advice, Writing Emotions, Writing Life, Writing PTSD

• Let’s Write – Common Mistakes

  

  Welcome back to another post in our self-editing miniseries. It’s been a hot minute since we last talked about this, so if you want to catch up on the first three posts, here are the links. The Basics of Self-Editing The Structural Edit (pt 1) The Structural Edit (pt 2) Today, we’re going to have…

  Yolandie Horak

  January 21, 2020

  Writing

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• Let’s Write – The Structural Edit

  

  Welcome back to the self-editing miniseries. 🙂 It’s good to have you. Last time, we summarised the self-edit. Feel free to check that out if you want to brush up first. In the next two posts, we’ll be looking in-depth at the first big part of the self-edit–structural editing. (Quick note. I wanted to keep…

  Yolandie Horak

  October 29, 2019

  Writing

  Basic Self-Editing, Better Writing, Edit, Editing, How To, How To Self-Edit, Indie Authors, Indie Writers, Let’s Write, Self-Editing, Structural Editing, Stuff for Writers, Writer, Writer’s Life, Writers’ Resources, Writing, Writing Advice

• Let’s Write – Basics of Self-Editing

  

  Something about the editing process has always intrigued me, and I’ve wanted to take an editing course or two for ages. Yet, I’ve always had an excuse why not to take that course. I sent off A Trial of Sparks & Kindling to my editor at the end of September, which meant I had nothing…

  Yolandie Horak

  October 17, 2019

  Writing

  Basic Self-Editing, Developmental Editing, Editing, How To, How To Self-Edit, Let’s Write, Line Editing, Proofreading, Self-Editing, Structural Editing, Stuff for Writers, Writer, Writer’s Life, Writers’ Resources, Writing, Writing Advice

• Let’s Write Confidence

  

  It’s so good to be back in the swing of things with a writing post, especially one that adds to the Let’s Write Series. Now, I see you doing a double take there. Didn’t this used to be called the writing emotions series? It did, but then I had so many ideas to add to…

  Yolandie Horak

  January 15, 2019

  Writing

  Better Writing, Confidence, Let’s Write, Resources, Stuff for Writers, Writer, Writers’ Resources, Writing, Writing Confidence

• Let’s Write – Travel in Writing

  

  Quick fact—the average horse and the average person can travel about the same distance per day. And I know you’re thinking, ‘Okay, great, but how is that relevant to writers?’ Well, our characters move around. A lot. And for those of us who write fantasy, much of said movement will happen on horseback. We don’t…

  Yolandie Horak

  August 8, 2018

  Writing

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• Let’s Write Joy

  

  If you’re here for the first time, I’ve been writing a series of posts on the body language of various emotions, so authors have a quick reference when they get stuck writing diverse characters. It’s so easy to fall into the same old repetitive action tags. I can’t tell you how many times I used…

  Yolandie Horak

  August 1, 2018

  Writing

  Better Writing, Emotions, Joy, Let’s Write, Resources, Stuff for Writers, Writer, Writer’s Life, Writers’ Resources, Writing, Writing Emotions, Writing Joy