Writers write a lot. We have to. It’s how we improve. But sometimes our primary WIP – usually a novel – just blows a raspberry and…
It’s that time… We all need a little inspiration sometimes, so on the first Monday of every month, we’ll post a series of writing prompts intended…
It’s that time… We all need a little inspiration sometimes, so on the first Monday of every month, we’ll post a series of writing prompts intended…
All writers are villains. We make dastardly plots. But do you even know what a plot is? It isn’t just a list of actions. That could…
Much like a prologue, an epilogue is optional. For a quick review on the appropriate use of prologues, check out this post: Does My Novel Need…
An idea, a spark of inspiration, is the atom of any novel. Every book starts with an idea, but sometimes it feels easier to come up…
It’s November and all over the world, writers are blistering their fingers in an attempt to run a writing marathon–50,000 words in one month. Do you…
Every November, my Twitter feed lights up with chatter about National Novel Writing Month (known as NaNoWriMo or NaNo for short). As a previous NaNo winner…
At some point, we all want to write a series. We dream of a long epic with a dozen entries that fill an entire shelf at…
If you plan on writing a novel, at your own pace or during NaNoWriMo, now is a good time to start pulling all your ideas together.…