Write well. Write often. Edit wisely.
If you plan to self-publish, you or someone you hire will be responsible for formatting for print. Allow yourself time to format correctly and to adjust the text to fit into your book’s design.
Continue reading Edit While Formatting—One More Chance to Get It Right »
Many introductory sentence elements are followed by a comma. Yet not all are. A discussion of comma use with elements at the beginning of a sentence.
While a single skill might have prompted you to begin a novel, begin writing for fun or as a career, that single skill is insufficient for preparing you to write novels. Encouragement for writers to branch out and learn new skills.
Continue reading Fiction Writers Can’t Be One-Trick Ponies »
Even your most avid fans may hunger for a different protagonist, a different story world, or even a different genre. Consider options for when readers become saturated by elements of your stories.
Continue reading Reader Saturation—Dealing with Changing Reader Tastes »
Conflict moves a story forward, keeping both characters and readers involved. Consider the ultimate conflict—betrayal by a friend—as a way to amp up the conflict in your fiction.
Tips for using beta readers to help strengthen your manuscripts before publication or submission to agents and editors.
Continue reading Use Beta Readers to Strengthen Your Stories »
An examination of the storytelling modes to see how they effect story. Topics include narrative, dialogue, exposition, description, and narrative summary.
Suggestions for ways to use character names in fiction, especially at the beginning of stories when readers are just meeting the characters.
Excessive and unnecessary explanations can weaken the dramatic and emotional impact of sentences. Learn why explanations are often unnecessary and annoying.
Continue reading Don’t Explain, Don’t Explain, Don’t Explain »
Information on copyright law, fair use doctrine, and creative ways to use song lyrics and poetry in your fiction.
Continue reading Lyrics and Poetry in Fiction—Copyright, Drawbacks, and Other Problems »
The reader will focus on what stands out. Turn the reader's attention where you want it to go.
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