Writing – Page 9 – JEFF GARVIN

Process Peek: Do You Outline?

September 17, 2014
Writing

A friend asked me this past weekend: “Do you outline?” I love talking about the writing process, but I can never seem to come up with a straight answer to this question. Generally, I find that the person asking has one of two motivations: 1.) They loathe outlining and want permission to avoid it...

The Top Ten Books That Influenced Me Most

September 10, 2014
Fiction, Personal, Writing

My good friend John G. tagged me in Facebook post challenging me to share the ten books that have influenced me most. I’ve listed mine not in my traditional “Top 10” format, but in the order in which I read them. The list is a mixture of children’s and adult fiction, and some non-fiction, too. Please...

3 Ways To Manage Your Creative Misery

August 20, 2014
Writing

Writing a book (or a song, or a blog post) is an exercise in doing things you don’t know how to do yet. The yet is very important–because creating isn’t just putting the words in the right order to tell the story, it’s figuring out what the story is in the first place, and then figuring out...

6 Secrets of Creative Goal Setting

July 28, 2014
Video, Writing

I love watching videos about the creative process–so I made one! In this video, I share my method for turning dreams into real-world goals that draw you into immediate action.

HarperCollins To Publish My Debut Novel

July 9, 2014
News, Personal, Writing

Book by Fortuna on DeviantART AFTER THREE WEEKS OF SITTING on this news, I have gnawed my fingernails to the quick and chewed through most of the pen caps in the house. Yesterday, I even caught myself staring longingly at my dog’s rawhide bone. (Luckily, I remembered it wasn’t vegan.) But now I can...

Discover, Compose, Revise

July 2, 2014
Writing

I am a huge fan of reading about writing. I pore over writer’s blogs, read books about writing, even scan twitter for #amwriting tweets–so, when a friend challenged me to write a post about my own process, I accepted enthusiastically. I write six days a week. On weekdays, I write first...