by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 30,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig It’s trivia that trips me up in my series…seemingly trivial throwaway lines that I make in books and then promptly forget. The more books we have in a [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 30,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 30,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the [...]
Guest Post by Jack Smith Revising a novel often calls for a bit of pruning. Some material must undoubtedly go, anything that doesn’t contribute pretty directly to the plot and your protagonist’s overall arc. [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 30,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 30,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the [...]
By Steven R. Leonard, @easterduckling “Those were the best days of my life.” Bryan Adams in “Summer of ‘69” THE FUNNIEST STORIES DON’T NEED TO BE EMBELLISHED MUCH – THEY REALLY HAPPENED We all [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 23,000 free articles on writing related topics. [...]
Guest Post by Jack Smith To write a publishable novel, you must cover a lot of bases. This means handling a number of fictional elements seamlessly. Chief among these is creating a strong protagonist, [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I was driving carpool from the middle school last week when a couple of radio hosts started talking about Facebook and vacation stories. One of the hosts said [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 23,000 free articles on writing related topics. [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig If you live in the Southern US or have spent much time here, you’ll know that even something like a short trip to the grocery store can mean [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 23,000 free articles on writing related topics. [...]
By Jeni Chappelle, @jenichappelle Writers often spend hours creating a realistic and compelling backstory for each major character in their novels. After all that hard work, it’s natural to want to include as [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 23,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s [...]
Guest Post by Jack Smith A strong opening to a novel is, of course, important. If the opening is boring or off-putting in any way, the reader is likely not to read on. It [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I find my daughter’s middle school English homework a lot more interesting than she does. She had a page of notes regarding “signposts” she should be looking for [...]
by D.E. Ireland, @DEIrelandAuthor If you’ve come with up a unique idea for a book, congratulations. But you may need advice on how to shepherd this idea from that first inspiration to typing [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig My entire family has suddenly become obsessed with pineapple. I don’t know what came over them. It’s like the pineapple fairy visited one night. And they want it [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 23,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s [...]
by Julie Musil, @JulieMusil As I plotted my latest release, The Summer of Crossing Lines, I decided to give the main character a stutter. She’d be forced to do some dangerous and questionable [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 23,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s [...]
Guest Post by Jack Smith You have an interesting and compelling premise for your novel. Your logline is snappy and fetching. Your characters are complex with complex relationships between them. Your plot is lock-step, [...]
by K.M. Weiland, @KMWeiland Backstory is a weapon. And just like any weapon, it can end up doing more harm than good to those who wield it without proper experience and care. But [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Sometimes I wonder why I outline at all. I never seem to stick to them. In the book that I’m currently writing (already covered, right, since it’s so [...]
by Virginia King, @selkiemoonbooks All new writers are advised to “write what you know” because sticking to your own experience is a recipe for authenticity, for not getting lost in unchartered territory. It [...]
by Heather Day Gilbert, @heatherdgilbert Many people wonder why my second book is a contemporary Appalachian mystery (Miranda Warning), when my debut novel was a Viking historical (God’s Daughter). Although both books are starts [...]
Guest Post by Jack Smith When we think of a novel, we think of a story. We think of characters moving through time, growing due to conflict, coming ultimately to some sort of realization, [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Over the last couple of years, I’ve transformed into a (very reluctant) outliner. Long story short, I royally screwed up a couple of books really close to deadline [...]
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