Category: writing preparation

• Secondary Character Syndrome

  Secondary Character Syndrome.

  dellanioakes

  January 12, 2013

  character, writing, writing fiction, writing preparation, writing romance

  contemporary romance, Dellani Oakes, Dellani’s quote of the week, Florida, romance, romantic suspense, Second Wind Publishing, Tirgearr Publishing

• Editing, the Writer’s Nightmare

  So, you’ve finished that four hundred and sixty page novel. You sit proudly and pat the cover page tenderly, smoothing the white surface when much to your horror, you see a mistake! Cold sweat breaks out on your brow, fingers tremble, mouth suddenly goes dry. As your eye wanders down the page, more and more […]

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  January 24, 2009

  character, creating character, Dellani Oakes, Florida, novel writing, people who love to read, people who love to write, romance, Spanish in Florida, St. Augustine, writing, writing fiction, writing preparation, writing romance

• To Outline or Not to Outline?

  I continue to be amazed by people who make outlines of their stories, know where the story line is going and most of all know the ending before even writing the book. Who are these godlike folk and why am I not like them? I am a very off the cuff writer, I don’t know […]

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  January 20, 2009

  Dellani Oakes, novel writing, outline, outlining, people who love to read, people who love to write, writing, writing exercise, writing fiction, writing preparation