Ink Dance by Ross, Deborah J. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Table of Contents Foreword Just You and a Blank Page

Getting Started in Writing Negotiating with the Idea Fairy Warm Ups Open Here More on Story Beginnings Structure, Shape, and Interest Do You Outline Your Novel? Should You? Dream a Little Dream It’s Only Fiction Not Just Another Funny Forehead: Creating Alien Characters Villains, Evil, and Otherness Revenge and Retaliation First Person Perils Why Write Short? Why Write Long? Sexuality in Fiction The Magic Notebook Focus Write It Again, Sam More Thoughts on Revision Critiquing vs. Editing Strategies for Dealing with Writer’s Block Overcoming the Inertial Hump Sam In Spades: Why Not to Revise

Career and Survival

Queries, Synopses, and Other Uneasy Friends, Part 1 Queries, Synopses, and Other Uneasy Friends, Part 2 The Pitch and Why I Should Care Book Promotion Rehabilitation Non-Obnoxious Book Promotion, Part 2 Gatekeeping in the World of Ebooks Story and Self Stages in a Writer’s Development Blackberry Writing When a Story Isn’t Ready, Part 2 Series as Career Killer How Gossip Can Trash Your Writing Career Reviews: The Good, the Bad, and the Ignorable Surviving Dry Spells The Magic Phone Call Letting Go, Moving On

The Writer’s Life

Where Do You Write? Writing without Electricity Interruptions When Writing Friends Aren’t Creative Jealousy Encountering Wannabee Writers The Lady (Actual and Honorary) Writers’ Lunch Mentoring Exercise for the Older Writer Listening When Is It Enough?

Nourishing Yourself

Surviving as a Writer (Or Artist . . . or Musician) Defining Writing Success as Publishing Would You Write Anyway? Zen Yoga Writing Practice Nothing Creative Is Ever Wasted ’Tis the Season to Get Crazy Pacing . . . Community and Solitude Cross Training for Writers On Writing and Healing Writing Fears Goals vs. Wishes Settling in Meditation and in Writing

Chapter 1: Kardith of the Rangers