Who doesn’t love a sprawling, epic narrative? Well, anyone who’s written one, tried to write one, or even started outlining one. Even a novella with a…
We associate critique with the negative, and that’s fair, but only to a limited extent. Improvement may mean learning where not to step, but that’s pointless…
Doubtless, you’ve heard of fanfiction. Doubtless, you have some opinions. Regardless, do you really know what this subgenre of a million other subgenres even is? What…
So, your muse has taken a vacation? Maybe she’s just missing for the day, or perhaps she’s been gone for a while to parts unknown. What’s…
There are plenty of personal writing tips floating around online, but that doesn’t mean I can’t throw my hat into the ring. It’s an old, brown…
Everyone has bad days. But life goes on, and your writing can, too. We won’t hold you up with a long intro, but dive straight into…
We’ve all worked with prompts before. Our teachers threw them at us in school, and many of us still have books FULL of prompts sitting on…
There are so many times during the course of writing a novel that we can spiral into self-doubt, lose the plot so-to-speak, and find ourselves with…
Starting a novel is hard. You dream about it. You promise yourself, your partner, your children, and your pets that you’ll start, but the cursor keeps…
An outline is the draft before the first draft. It’s a roadmap of coming attractions, helpful guides, and key landmarks. Because no two people write exactly…