Author: JR Wesley

Following up on chapter one insights, these next three posts will focus on three specific aspects of the beginning of a story. Your first chapter is the first words

The first chapter isn’t necessarily more difficult in a technical sense of writing, but it is one of the most scrutinized pieces of a story. First chapters are

There will be a series of blog posts, starting with this one, that are all about editing your first chapter. The workshop this past weekend was a great

The goal for NaNoWriMo is 50,000 words in 30 days – which works out to ~1,667 words per day. For those familiar with the trials and tribulations of

Lately, I’ve had a huge issue with second guessing myself. I’ve been busying doing things for Crimson Melodies and for my family, and this site somehow got pushed

There has been a huge kerfuffle about a recent (March 1st) change in Amazon’s seller policies regarding third-party sellers and “new” books. You can read more the-sky-is-falling articles

There’s a lot of areas where the idea of wanting to be a writer versus actually being a writer overlap. At the end of the day, wanting to be

Netflix and Marvel have been teaming up to offer some lesser known comic heroes and heroines a chance at the spotlight. They’ve given us Daredevil (2 seasons), Jessica

Last year was Writing on Point’s debut, and it had some notable moments. These were the top writing craft posts from 2016. 10) Tension, Fear, and Consequences in

Even before you type “the end” writers tend to think – or at least daydream – about what they want to do next. The “now what?” answer has