Meet Guest Author, Paul Nicholas Mason… ike many of you, I’ve had to reinvent myself a number of times. During my university years, I worked summers first as a tour guide at a museum, then as an actor. I served as a member of the university senate for three years, and as president of the student […]
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Storytelling: The Elements of Plot – by Melissa Donovan… Good storytelling includes many elements that a writer must consider. Plot and character are foremost among these elements, and for literary writers, language is high on the list as well. Some writers start with nothing more than a few key characters and let the plot develop by […]
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#NaNoPrep: Time Management #amwriting If you plan to write a 50,000-word novel this coming November, you will need to develop some time management skills. Writing is easier once it becomes a dailybehavioral habit.However, making the best use of your limited writing time requires a little planning, self-discipline, and encouragement from your family. Once you tell them […]
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Success Without Self-Promotion – By Greer Macallister… on Writer Unboxed: Self-promotion isn’t the most famous naughty s-word, but it can still feel like a bad word to today’s authors. I hate self-promotion, you might say. I’m so sick of talking about myself on social media.With more and more options to reach readers directly comes an expectation that authors […]
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Tips for Writers: From 7 Pros “If a story is in you, it has to come out.” ~William Faulkner (Remember that scene where the alien bursts out of the guy’s chest?) “Write drunk, edit sober.” ~Ernest Hemingway (Write without restraint! And then…restrain, restrain, restrain.) “You might not write well every day, but you can always edit […]
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NaNoWriMo Prep: Planning Your Novel’s Middle – By Janice Hardy… Read here …
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The Magic of Editing I love editing. For me as a writer, it’s where the magic of writing happens. It’s when your first rough draft becomes the story you really want to share with the world. We’re all under pressure to get the job done and move onto our next project, but taking some time out […]
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7 Ways to Create an Empathetic Antagonist Today’s guest post is by Sarah Tinsley. “Complexity is an indispensable ingredient of life, and so it ought to be with the characters we create in our stories”— Stavros Halvatzis Everyone loves a good antagonist. From the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood to Cersei in A Game […]
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Archetypal Antagonists for the Mage Arc: Evil and the Weakness of Humankind – by K.M. Weiland… Read more …
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As much as I recommend avoiding the romanticism of the writer’s life, I do find myself fascinated by famous authors’ creative processes. And what better way of fuelling this fascination than by gawking over their tools of creation? To be honest, the only reason why I have a LAMY 2000 sitting […]
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