What Writers Can Learn from Fred the One-Eyed Cat
Today I want to talk about a one-eyed orange tabby cat named Fred. Some of you are saying, “Oh, yeah,…
Write Your Story Synopsis with a Plug-and-Play Tool
Todays’ guest post is by Beth Barany. There are brainstorming exercises you can take to plan your novel that are fun,…
Writers, What Are You Missing?
Here’s the truth about missing things. Sometimes we have no clue what we’re missing. Something’s just not right. We feel…
World-Building through Your Characters’ Eyes
Today’s guest post is by Holly West. World-building is a writing term most often heard in discussions of fantasy and…
How You Can Avoid Making Structural Mistakes in Your Novel
I’ve spent more than three decades writing novels. And at first I had no clue what I was doing. Like…
Is Your Novel Staying on the Tracks or Derailing?
What do I mean? If you’re like many fiction writers, you often have no clue if you are on the…
How to Wow Your Readers with Your Novel
The last couple of weeks, I’ve been talking about the importance of mastering how to “show” effectively in your writing….
The Innovative, Intuitive Way to Organize Your Novel’s Scenes
If you write novels, you know how hard it is to do. You have to pull all your ideas, your…
Why You Should Shoot Your Novel
There’s a whole lot more to “showing” than you think! Sol Stein in his book Stein on Writing says, “Twentieth-century…