Year: 2020

  • Friday’s Findings

    Friday’s Findings

    Let’s face it. Writing the villain can be more fun than writing the hero. The Importance of the Villain Crafting Hook Lines that Draw Readers in 10 Ways Writers Can Fail Spectacularly at Social Media in 2020 Editing copy? 8 tips for a word-perfect manuscript The Four Pillars of Premise Photo by Stephan Müller from…

  • Your Character’s Appearance

    Your Character’s Appearance

    See the infographic here. Photo by Pille Kirsi from Pexels

  • Friday’s Findings

    Friday’s Findings

    Writers helping others is a great way to improve your fiction writing skills. Here are five articles by writers on the writing craft: Five Self-Publishing Mistakes You Need To Avoid Nobody Is Going to Teach You How to Write 5 Ways to Develop Character Voices 26 Things to Remember About Being a Writer Your writing…

  • Clues to a Great Story

    Clues to a Great Story

    See the infographic here.

  • Friday’s Findings

    Friday’s Findings

    It’s important for a writer to improve his or her craft. Here are some articles on writing fiction to help facilitate the process: Storytelling Exercise: Character Choices Use Correct Tense with Third Conditional Sentences Take Your Creativity to the Next Level Nobody Is Going to Teach You How to Write

  • It’s Never Too Late

    It’s Never Too Late

  • Friday’s Findings

    Friday’s Findings

    Here are some articles with tips for writing in the new year: Five Writing Resolutions Beyond ‘Write Every Day’ 3 Things You Need To Become an Author (Plus a 4th to Keep in the Game.) The Scope Of Your Story Compelling Character Arcs in 4 Easy Steps Einstein’s Trick to Becoming a Better Writer Why…

  • What Will You Be Reading This Year?

    What Will You Be Reading This Year?

    “If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.” Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft I’ve come across this tip for writers by Stephen King in many places, but I’ll never forget the first time I came across it in his…

  • Kicking Off the Year With Writing Advice From Authors

    Kicking Off the Year With Writing Advice From Authors

    I’ve interviewed authors for this blog for the past few years. One question I ask is: What advice do you have for aspiring authors? I collected all the answers in this post. Since it’s the beginning of a new day, a new month, a new year, and a new decade, I thought I’d do round…