by David Mignery Note: Austin Indie Writers is a companion organization of Novel In Progress Austin, and this is the first in a series of posts shared from their blog. Zadie Smith is an author with whom I have little … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: June 2013
by Darrell Bryant Writing, like brick laying, is a craft that must be learned. NIP is one of Austin’s little known literary recourses–that is until it found a home on Facebook. [Note from Admin: and a second home on this … Continue reading
by John Jones Someone said, “The self-taught man has a fool for a teacher and a fool for a pupil.” NIP has been such a help in that respect. Once I got over the shock of realizing that my submissions … Continue reading
by Sharon Scarborough I used to think I could write. I wrote for newspapers, for magazines; I interviewed people and readers said, “Your writing is so clear.” Then I tried fiction. Then I found NIP. I have learned so much … Continue reading
by Cynthia J. Stone NIP critiques were so helpful in the editing stages of my novel. It takes other writers to see what you can’t, and several of them always excel at brainstorming if you get stuck on a plot … Continue reading
by Tosh McIntosh Backstory is one of the often troublesome structural elements of fiction that arises in vitrually every NIP roundtable. For the purposes of this post, I’m going to differentiate the term from background, because I believe that looking … Continue reading
by Brad Whittington At the turn of the millennium I stumbled into a publishing contract and had three novels published. I was living in Hawaii at the time and tried to connect with other writers, but it’s a small place … Continue reading
by David Mignery I have been a member of NIP for many years (with a few interruptions) and what it has done for me, as much as anything else, is keep me motivated to write. I find it very hard, … Continue reading