Category: writing tips

  • Friday’s Findings

    Friday’s Findings

    Some articles on fiction writing I’ve come across lately: This Writing Technique Will Make Your Readers Fall in Love With Your Sentences Writing a Fantastic Fight Scene How to Write Dialogue and Become a Great Storyteller How to Self-Publish Your Novel Master List of Facial Expressions for Writers

  • Friday’s Findings

    Friday’s Findings

    Here are some articles on writing I’ve read lately: How to Write Faster Achieve Your Writing Goals 5 Ways to Earn Your Audience’s Loyalty Plotting Made Easy: Do You Need the 3-Act Structure? Indie Publishing

  • About Writing by Gareth L. Powell: Practical and Unique

    About Writing by Gareth L. Powell: Practical and Unique

    I read Gareth L. Powell’s About Writing: A Field Guide for Aspiring Authors. Twice. The second time, I took notes. Maybe you should, too. Powell is a bestselling speculative fiction author from the UK. He has twice won the BSFA Award for Best Novel, and has been a finalist for both the Locus Awards in…

  • Friday’s Findings

    Friday’s Findings

    Articles on writing I’ve read recently: How to Get a Literary Agent for Your Book Procrastination Is Part of the Process Writing In Media Res 3 Tips To Writing Page-Turning Fiction, Starting Today How do you describe a place? 6 setting tips Photo by eberhard grossgasteiger from Pexels

  • Friday’s Findings: 11.09.18

    Friday’s Findings: 11.09.18

    Here are some articles on writing I’ve read lately: How to Balance Show Don’t Tell in Your Writing 5 Tips for Writing About Fictional Technology 5 Reasons Not to Do NaNoWriMo Goals, Conflicts, & Stakes: Why Plots Need All Three Are You Misusing These Common Words?

  • Mucking around in the rough draft of your NaNoWriMo creation

    Mucking around in the rough draft of your NaNoWriMo creation

    For NaNoWriMo, here are some things I’m leaving in as I write: Before November, I’ve already written a one or two sentence summary of each scene. For NaNoWriMo, I write a “scribble version” of the scene. This is a more developed summary containing key phrases, important dialogue, cues when to describe this or that, etc.…

  • Friday’s Findings: 11.02.18

    Friday’s Findings: 11.02.18

    Here are some articles on writing I’ve read lately: How to Write a Horror Story: 7 Tips for Writing Horror How to Craft Your Characters’ Fears 5 Tips on Writing a Trauma Backstory Should You Include a Prologue in Your Story? 9 Genius Methods for Writing a Great Scene

  • Character Creations: Laying the Foundation

    Character Creations: Laying the Foundation

    I am having a blast creating characters for my NaNoWriMo project this year. I used some tools I haven’t applied in the past and I wanted to tell you about them. But first, a caveat: this is just for the beginning of character development. I believe in just laying a foundation for a character before…

  • Friday’s Findings: 10.26.18

    Friday’s Findings: 10.26.18

    Here are some articles on writing I’ve read lately: Bucket List for Writers Outline Your Novel the Incredibly Easy Way How to Prepare for Writing a Book: 4 Steps Writing Fiction: Stop “Writing”, Create Experiences Writing Is Selection