Join Nina Munteanu in a Free Writing Webinar!
August 6, 2010 by Nina Munteanu
Filed under Fiction Writing, Premium Content, Publishing, Webinars, Workshops, Writing Coach, Writing Workshops
Join Nina Munteanu, acclaimed author and writing coach, for a FREE Webinar through Writer’s Digest University on how to improve your writing and succeed in getting published.
Nina joins journalist and editor Vernon Oikle on “Toolkit Talks“, a conversation in which Nina shares some of her best tips on how to get published. Nina answers some commonly asked questions provided by [...]
Nina’s Workshops Aimed at Helping Aspiring Writers Get Published
March 5, 2010 by The Passionate Writer
Filed under Fiction Writing, Premium Content, Publishing, Workshops, Writing Coach, Writing Workshops
Nina recently gave three substantial workshops for aspiring writers in the South Shore area of Nova Scotia, based on her Aurora Award-nominated writing guidebook, “The Fiction Writer: Get Published, Write Now“. Held at the Bridgewater Library, Nina engaged and challenged students in an actively participated workshop to hone their skills as successful writers. Students participated in writing exercises, and had their stories, [...]
Why Write a Synopsis?
January 25, 2010 by The Passionate Writer
Filed under Fiction Writing, Publishing, Writing Tips, the novelist
There is something terrifyingly daunting about writing and sending a succinct and compelling summary of your novel packaged in just a few pages. I had a right to be terrified. In some ways the synopsis is the hardest thing for a novelist to write. Yet it is the first thing most publishers and agents want [...]
The Evolution of Rejection
October 3, 2009 by The Passionate Writer
Filed under Publishing
Enduring and surviving rejection is part of every writer’s successful career. Rejection letters can be part of a writer’s toolkit to success. This comes from objectively perceiving them as opportunities in a long process of relationship-building and the business of writing and publishing.
Writers often witness an evolution in rejection letters as they learn more about [...]
Five Ways to Get Your Science Fiction Stories Published
July 21, 2009 by The Passionate Writer
Filed under Fiction Writing, Publishing, Writing Tips
Before you submit your “science fiction” short story to a magazine that publishes science fiction, it’s wise for you to know what the science fiction genre is. And what it isn’t. Richard Treitel provides us with a pretty good definition of science fiction: fiction set in a world that differs from our everyday world in [...]
