Trust your reader. This should be a sign hanging somewhere near your writing station, next to one that says “I am a writer” because they’re both important. There
There are four key elements we’re going to focus on. Characters. Conflict. Execution. Continuity. Those elements are linked together and depend on each other to get your story
Whether you are writing a short-story, a standalone novel, or a series, continuity matters. Stories that are shorter or have smaller scopes have less potential for continuity problems
No matter what project you work on, no matter how many books you have finished or how many stories you have started, every writer uses crutch words. Individually,
Holiday parties can be a mixed bag, especially for writers. Yet, tis the season. You can reference a previous post called Crafting Your Writer Lie…I mean, Life for
How many drafts does it take to have a publishable manuscript? Can any first draft, not matter how rough, be polished enough to be published? If so, where
Copyright governs written works, and copyright law is the backbone of how writers can be paid for their writing. Before reading this post, bear in mind that the
Most fiction stories have two simultaneous threads through them: the emotional arc and the narrative arc, which together form the plot. The emotional arc is about the internal
Every story has more than one thread running through it. Threads can represent characters, settings, objects, or other tangible / physical items that are part of a story.
