Archive for April, 2008
The First Key: Clarity
By Orna Ross.
In school, our English teachers told us to have a beginning, a middle and an end and to write out our points in advance. This is clarity imposed from the outside.
The creative writer, of fiction or non-fiction, clarifies a piece of writing in a different, more organic, way.
First, we let a first draft […]
Five Keys To Writing Excellence by Orna Ross
Five characteristics are common to all good writing, fiction or non-fiction. I think of these characteristics as keys to good writing. To get them right is to unlock the power that writing has to move, convince or persuade a reader.
The five keys are:
1. Clarity — Say what you mean
2. Accuracy — […]
Summary of our “10 Things NOT to say to an Editor or Agent” Series
If you’re in Dublin, Ireland this weekend, head on down to a great reading on Saturday afternoon. Two Font writers, Orna Ross and Amanda Brunker will be sharing the stage with writer/film director Peter Sheridan and best selling novelist, Monica McInerny, in Charleville Mall Library, Dublin 3 at 2pm on the afternoon of April 26th.
We’d love to […]
10 Things NOT to Say to an Agent or Editor # 10
# 10. “I’m so angry / disheartened / fed up with the publishing industry.”
Publishing is a tough business for everyone involved, not just writers. It’s hard but there’s nothing for it but to keep a professional attitude and keep your spirits up so you can keep on writing.
Know what you are getting into. Don’t speak […]
10 Things NOT to Say to an Agent or Editor # 9
# 9. “You turned this down some time ago but I’ve done a lot of work on it since. Would you look at it again?”
If your work has been considered and rejected, then that decision is final — even if you significantly improve the work subsequently. This is why it is so important not to […]
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