Archive for category Starting a New Project

Writing is Pre-Writing

Posted by jarviswrites in Evolving Stories, How I Write, Jennie, Starting a New Project, The Craft Of Writing, Writing Advice on August 19, 2015

By Jennie Jarvis Growing up, I always heard the well-known expression “Writing is Rewriting.” But once I started my formal training as a screenwriter, I heard something much different – “Writing is Prewriting.” What is Prewriting, you may ask? Prewriting is all the prep work you do before you sit down to actually write out […]

Jennie Jarvis, pubtips, screenwriting advice, the writing process, writing advice

2 Comments

Unamused by the Muse

Posted by wordimprovisor177 in Darlene, Starting a New Project on January 31, 2014

by Darlene Cah WRITER sits at a computer typing in a cluttered office. A single desk lamp illuminates the mess of books, papers, dirty dinner dishes, soda cans, etc. VOICE Hey! How about that story about the woman and the Flamenco guitar player? (Writer shifts weight) VOICE I think it has legs. (Writer hits keys […]

fiction, flash fiction, Juggling writing projects, writing life

9 Comments

Knowing When to Start a New Project: The Agent’s Perspective by Jennie Goloboy

Posted by jarviswrites in Guest Bloggers, How Do you Know You're Done, Rejection, Starting a New Project, Submissions on January 23, 2014

As you have probably already guessed, this month at 5writers.com, we focused on the theme “Knowing When To Start A New Project.” We all had our ideas on this topic, but one thing we couldn’t answer is this: What advice does an agent have on this topic? To answer the question, we turned to “the […]

Agent advice, Jennie Goloboy, Notes from editors, Red Sofa Literary, When to pull a manuscript from submission, Writing tips

Let’s Get Started

Posted by LadyLadder in Linda, Starting a New Project on January 19, 2014

by Linda Escalera Price When is it time to start a new project? Right now. No matter what else you have going on. “Make sure you have another play ready to go.” Fellow playwright Faye Sholiton offered me this advice early in my career. I’m pretty sure it was between bites at lunch during […]

Committing to a New Project

Posted by jarviswrites in Jennie, Starting a New Project on January 13, 2014

By Jennie Jarvis I don’t know about anyone else, but when I finished a major writing project – whether it be a screenplay or a novel – I fall into a deep depression. Unlike Brad, who wrote earlier this month about having multiple projects going, I can’t do that. I’m a one project at a […]

creating an outline, Jennie Jarvis, preparing to write a book, preparing to write a screenplay, pubtips, screenwriting tips, treatments, Writing tips

4 Comments

The Benefits of Having Multiple Projects Simmering and Knowing When to Start a New One by Brad Windhauser

Posted by virgowriter in Brad, Starting a New Project on January 3, 2014

The Benefits of Having Multiple Projects Simmering and Knowing When to Start a New One by Brad Windhauser Although I often multitask, I used to force myself to devote my energy to one project at a time. When I would finish one thing, then I’d move on to another. I thought this was how you […]

Brad Windhauser, fiction writing, Juggling writing projects, revisions strategies, Srating a new writing project

1 Comment