Saturday, August 15, 2015

Sandboxes and Sand Castles

15 August 2015

“I'm writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.”
― Shannon Hale

Like young adult author and award winning Shannon Hale writes, words are the building blocks to creating castles in the sky, in the water, in the mind. But the words must each be purposeful, intentional, and fitted to the work.

In this blog, I intend to help you create sand castles in your own backyard sandbox, giving you tips on each stage of writing, especially in your editing process. For your initial writing, I can only give you some guidance, because dictating word shoveling is only counter-productive.

But, when your ideas have come together, look here for ways to sift your thoughts, solidify your logic, and cement your writing style.

And with that, let's begin!

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