Write well. Write often. Edit wisely.
However characters come to you, they’ll need names. And it’s your job to give them names that reflect their personality, history, experiences, hopes, and even the future that they’ll have stepped into by the end of your story. Learn tips for creating character names that fit.
Continue reading Don’t Call Me Ishmael—Name that Character »
Writer’s block is real and it can keep you from finishing your manuscripts. Consider strategies and options to overcome writer’s block.
Writers have personal strengths and weaknesses. What one writer nails every time, another might struggle with again and again. A reminder to assess your skills and improve those that weaken your writing.
Continue reading Assess Your Writing Skills—Turn Weaknesses to Strengths »
Fiction can become real for readers. A look at how The Princess Bride combined narration with showing and captured not only a little boy’s attention, but the attention of a wide audience.
Continue reading The Princess Bride—Storytelling Done Right »
Writers only have a few pages to ensnare readers. Learn why yawns and a description of the weather are not effective story hooks.
An ending that doesn’t pay off for the reader, that doesn’t meet genre expectation or satisfy reader anticipation, is a problem ending. A bad ending can turn off readers. Deliver a payoff instead of an ending that disappoints.
Because they’re so simple, so common, we overlook some words when we write. Instead, an examination of such words could easily ramp up our writing. The word “it” is one such word. Understand the reasons for reducing the overuse of “it.”
The reader will focus on what stands out. Turn the reader's attention where you want it to go.
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