writing tips – Tiffany C. Carlton

3 Ways to Fix Your Manuscript

Before we get started, I want to let you know that ROAD TO GRIMPAITRA is available! You can read the first 3 chapters today and order the e-book or paperback on Amazon, Google Play, or Books2Read. So here’s the scoop. When you think you’re done with your novel, you’re probably not. A few months ago, I thought I was doneContinue reading “3 Ways to Fix Your Manuscript”

3 Things I Wish Someone Told Me

Before we get started, I want to let you know that ROAD TO GRIMPAITRA is available! You can read the first 3 chapters today and order the e-book or paperback on Amazon, Google Play, or Books2Read. Often times we begin projects and get so far in that we can’t find a way out or a solution. I’m going to goContinue reading “3 Things I Wish Someone Told Me”

Follow the path: Using an Outline

This is another blog that has been on my mind to do and HOORAY! I’m finally sitting down to write it! As you can tell, we are here to talk about one thing and one thing only! OUTLINES! So what is an outline? An outline according to Google is a general description or plan givingContinue reading “Follow the path: Using an Outline”

Mind Maps: Do they really work?

Hello! It has been a while. I’ve been meaning to sit down and write this blog for weeks now, but I have been more than distracted with writing my second book, finishing up the creation of a coloring book, and drawing. Did I mention I have been working on things for a small business? I’mContinue reading “Mind Maps: Do they really work?”

Snip Snip: Are all these words necessary?

HAPPY NEW YEAR! WELCOME 2020! FIRST BLOG OF THE YEAR! LET’S SET SOME GOALS AND WORK TOWARD THEM! I finished my manuscript at 97k words and by the time I went through it again; I had gone down to 95k words. You might say, “How did you end of cut 2,000 words?”. It was easyContinue reading “Snip Snip: Are all these words necessary?”

What to AVOID as a Writer

I want to start this off by saying… HAPPY NaNoWriMio! Enjoy these last weeks of writing nonstop. P.S. Take breaks. Your brain will thank you. You may now proceed to the article. 3….2…1 In my time as a writer, I have done one thing that I believe we should avoid as writers or people. TheContinue reading “What to AVOID as a Writer”

3 Things to Do as a Writer

So you want to be a writer? WONDERFUL! Or maybe you’re telling me you have already written something. Well, that is wonderful too! I’m not quite a published author yet, so my advice for that part would be kind of made of up, but I am a writer! I’m actually almost done with my firstContinue reading “3 Things to Do as a Writer”

4 Super Helpful Writing Resources

So you’re writing a book. You have decided that the images and stories in your head need to be expressed and given to the world as a gift. I applaud you. Writing out your ideas in the form of a book can be super stressful and exciting.

I cannot tell you how many times, I have written and deleted just to write and delete again as the stress of writing something amazing overtook me. Sometimes it still overtakes me and I end up taking 2 weeks to finish half a chapter. I’m looking at you chapter 7. In my defense, I already wrote and finished it, but I went back to rework it to make it better…..