Jennifer the Ghostwriter

Use Creative Fabrication to Tell the Truth

Jennifer T. Grainger — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 23:30:21 +0000

The purpose of this post is to give you permission to write what you know to be true without getting bogged down with tedious details of exactly how you know what you know. Instead, use creative fabrication to get the point across. (This is not about lying!) When I wrote my book Becoming Conscious, I […]

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#1 Skill for Great Writing

Jennifer T. Grainger — Fri, 24 Mar 2017 16:38:02 +0000

The #1 skill of great writing is choosing words that create pictures in your reader’s mind and evokes emotions in their heart. Great writing makes your readers see and feel as they read. In writer’s lingo it is called, “show, don’t tell.” Oh Lordy. I heard those words of critique at least once every single […]

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Is Your Writing Grabby, Hooky, Sticky Enough?

Jennifer T. Grainger — Fri, 17 Mar 2017 16:00:47 +0000

If you want your ideal reader to read what you wrote, take a few ideas from successful fishermen and women Offer attractive bait Set the hook at the first nibble Reel ’em in Your bait is a grabby title. What makes it grabby? Anything that answers the reader’s question “what’s in it for me to […]

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You’re Published. Now What?

Jennifer T. Grainger — Fri, 24 Feb 2017 23:24:56 +0000

With your published book in hand your focus shifts from writing and publishing to marketing and selling. Whether you self-publish, or your manuscript is picked up by a publishing house, marketing and selling is part of your job. Who and where are the people for whom you wrote your book? How will they know […]

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Cleaning Up Your Article’s “Final” Draft

Jennifer T. Grainger — Fri, 17 Feb 2017 21:54:59 +0000

With attention spans growing shorter, and technology distractions growing faster, the challenge becomes not so much how to grab the readers attention (with curiosity triggers), but to keep it to the end of the piece. Often credited to Mark Twain: “If I had more time, I’d have written a shorter letter.” Once your draft feels […]

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Create the Illusion of Reality by Showing (not telling).

Jennifer T. Grainger — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 15:59:43 +0000

Want to draw your reader so far into your story they are living it with you . . . not just reading about it? This is how you do it. Develop your ability to turn words on a page into pictures in your reader’s mind. My writing teacher, Bill Manville, was like a high-flying hawk […]

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Don’t Start At The Beginning!

Jennifer T. Grainger — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 21:22:06 +0000

Although it seems logical to start at the beginning when telling your compelling story, the beginning isn’t likely to create the captivating curiosity that rivets your reader’s attention long enough to keep them reading. Not knowing how or where to start your story can be the writer’s block that keeps your compelling story in your […]

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