3 Ways to Make Your Novel’s First Page Cinematic – by C.S. Lakin… on Live Write Thrive: Readers will often stop reading before they finish the first page of your story. While this has always been true, in this fast-paced age that foments impatience, it’s even more true. If a writer doesn’t deliver what a reader […]
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What It Takes to Be a Freelance Editor – by Allison Williams… on Jane Friedman site: You should be an editor. Perhaps someone’s said it to you. Perhaps, after volunteering to critique a friend’s book, reading for hours, and writing 2,000 words of feedback (more than you both bargained for), you’ve said to yourself: I should […]
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How to Break Through a Fiction Writing Block – by Melissa Donovan… Read more …
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Need Compelling Conflict? Choose A Variety of Kinds – by Becca Puglisi… All right, hands up: What’s the one thing we can’t get enough of in fiction but we avoid like a screaming toddler in real life? Conflict. It’s ironic that something we try to avoid in the real world is the very thing we […]
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Archetypal Antagonists for the Hero Arc: Dragon and Sick King – by K.M. Weiland… Read more …
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4 Deadly Writer Sins—and How to Avoid Them. Plus a Top-Secret Pro Tip for Writing a Book Readers Can’t Put Down Read more …
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So You Think You Can’t Write? Read more …
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Learn How To Write A How-To Guide In 6 Easy Steps – by Derek Haines… on Just Publishing Advice: Every article writer needs to know how to write a how-to guide because they are so popular with readers. The great thing about the Internet for content writers is that people are always looking for solutions to […]
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How can you do better in nonviolent communication? Let’s look at another difficult topic now that we have a better understanding of our reactions and feelings: determining your needs. People don’t have enough practice doing this, which is why it’s so difficult; instead, they fall into the blame game. Because we rarely communicate our wants […]
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5 Ways Your Story Hurts Your Novel – By Janice Hardy… on Writers in the Storm: When your technical writing skills are at a professional level, but you’re still not getting bites from agents, editors (or readers if you self-publish), it’s time to look at the story itself. One of the more frustrating aspects of being […]
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