Action scenes can be some of the most difficult to write, because they’re written slowly but should feel fast. What I mean by this, is that the author…
You know who you are – the writer that plans on writing, and then just… doesn’t. Maybe you have a family and household obligations. Or maybe…
Lots of writers look at their perfect notebook and imagine their perfect, finished books printed inside. That kind of perfectionism curses notebooks to a long, listless…
We all can agree that the summer months always seem to fly by way too fast. Suddenly you blink, it’s the end of August, and that…
Although science fiction and fantasy have many common tropes within their broad umbrellas, they differ dramatically. What I hope to do, in this week’s article, is…
Anyone can think up a story concept, but it’s a whole other ballgame writing a conclusion to a series. And now you’re looking to tie up…
Great writers keep journals. Or so they say. I, personally, choose to disbelieve that, despite the overwhelming evidence, because I can’t help the overwhelming self-consciousness that…
What does brainstorming look like? Is it a bubble graph spreading over a sheet of paper, or a neat folder full of news clippings and timelines?…
We’ve all heard of plots and outlines, and we all get the general principle. They’re things you write before you really write, right? Yes. And plotting…
So, you finally have time to write – but you have no ideas. Your creativity has deserted you, the cursor blinks on an empty page, and…