Writing Help You Need: Get Inspired With Fiction Thesaurus Collections
THESAURUS COLLECTIONS Get inspired with hundreds of entries to help you to describe everything in your novel from the weather, to the emotions of your characters. You’ll love this wonderful resource....
View ArticleWriting Your Novel: Writing is Rewriting
I’m sure you’re familiar with the quote “all writing is rewriting”. It’s been attributed to many writers, including Truman Capote and Michael Crichton. New writers find rewriting an unpleasant, and...
View ArticleKindle Publishing: Serialized Fiction Strategies
The biggest benefit of Kindle publishing is that it’s publishing YOUR way. Within limits, you can do anything you like. Case in point: serialized fiction, which has become a hot new trend among...
View ArticleCharacters in Fiction: Love Me, Love My Flaw
How many people do you know who are perfect? No one’s perfect. We all have flaws – many of them. So characters in fiction need flaws too. Creating a flaw which works can be a real challenge, especially...
View ArticleFast Fiction Secrets: Outline for Emotion
I’ve had some questions about how to write fast fiction: that is, how to write a novel or short story quickly, without ending up with a horrible mess. The answer: outline for emotion. If your story has...
View ArticleWriting a Novel: Pantsing Without Panicking
You’re writing a novel. Or you hope you are. You’re not sure, because you’re a pantser, and you know that at some stage your “novel” may fizzle. It’s happened before. Unlike plotters, we pantsers...
View ArticleLove to Write? Write Short Fiction, and SELL
Here’s why you should write short fiction… * Short fiction teaches you how to write fiction — fast. (If you like you can turn a short story you love into a novel later, if it gets readers); * There’s a...
View ArticleCharacters In Novels: Use Shorthand To Characterize Them
We’ve all had the problem: how do you make fictional characters seem real? Characters in novels aren’t real people, but when they come alive in your story, they seem real. There’s an easy way to get...
View ArticleWrite A Novel: Quick Tips To Get Started (and keep going)
You want to write a novel, but you’re not sure how to get started. We’ve got lots of tips to help. But first — are you sure you want to write a novel? Why not practice with some short fiction? Novellas...
View ArticleCreating Characters In Fiction: No One’s Perfect
Writing fiction is fun, especially creating characters. You’re their creator, so your story people can be anything you’d like them to be. You can write about heart surgeons, astronauts, exotic dancers,...
View ArticlePlotting Fiction: How To Create Richer Stories
You’re writing short stories, or novels, and you want to make your fiction powerful. Plotting fiction is the key, not only to happy readers, but also to more book sales. If readers love your story,...
View ArticleHate Your Novel? Turn It Into Short Stories
You’re happily writing your novel, and then suddenly it all turns to dreck. You hate what you’ve written, and can’t see any way to rescue your book. Moreover, you don’t want to rescue it. You want to...
View ArticleFrom Writing Short Stories to Writing Novels: 3 Simple Tips
You’re writing short stories, and you have a handle on how short stories work. Now you want to write a novel. You’re a little nervous. A novel’s a much bigger project than a short story. Relax. If you...
View ArticleFiction Writing Basics: Character Thoughts And Emotions
We’ve looked at emotion in our Fiction Writing Basics series, most recently in Fiction Writing Basics: Focus On EMOTION. Writing about emotions is a challenge for many writers. It’s easy to write...
View ArticleWriting Scenes In Fiction: 3 Powerful Tips
Do you love telling stories? You must do, otherwise you wouldn’t be reading this. If you’re a new author however, chances are that scenes in fiction are a mystery to you. When do you SHOW something in...
View Article5 Super-Easy Fiction Writing Tips You Can Use Today
Want to write more fiction? You can. Let’s look at some easy fiction writing tips which will help… some of the tips may feel counter-intuitive, but they work. Write More: 5 Easy Fiction-Writing Tips To...
View ArticleWriting Fiction: The Easiest Way To Improve Your Writing
I love writing fiction. It’s a giggle. You get paid to write stories… what’s not to LOVE about that? It’s easy, and it’s profitable too. That said, before you get paid, you need to write, and that’s...
View ArticleYour Fiction Plotting Essentials’ Checklist
I love fiction plotting; it’s huge fun. You’re putting all the elements together which you’ll turn into an amazing short story, novella, or novel. You’re in charge. Once you’ve decided on the elements,...
View ArticleFiction Writing Basics: Scenes, Narrative and Chapters
Let’s take a look at fiction writing basics: scenes, narrative, and chapters. Several readers asked “What’s a chapter?” My response, “Whatever it needs to be,” isn’t all that helpful, so let’s clarify....
View Article4 Fiction Writing Tips: Write Great Dialogue
Writing dialogue should be easy. We all talk, don’t we? Unfortunately our challenge is that in fiction writing, the best dialogue isn’t anything like real life conversations. It’s much, much better....
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