Balancing “Showing” with “Telling” in Fiction
It’s the golden rule of fiction: show, don’t tell. But it’s easier said than done. Show too much, and you’ll…
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Backstory Tips and Tricks
You’ve spent hours, maybe months, developing a rich background for each of your characters and the world they inhabit. As…
5 Ways to Strengthen Weak Writing
Every writer has to work on strengthening the construction of their sentences and paragraphs. No one’s writing is perfect, but…
Common POV Violations and How to Catch Them
Nailing proper use of POV (point of view) is a challenge for many fiction writers. It seems easy, right? Whoever…
10 Self-Editing Tips for Fiction Writers
Editing’s a dirty job, but someone has to do it. The best person, though, to edit a manuscript or article…
13 Essential Elements of a Suspense Thriller
Post by DiAnn Mills. A reader experiences a suspenseful story when the writing leaves them excited, anxious, and turning pages….
Infusing Mood into Your Fiction
Every person or character, at any given time, is in a particular mood. Generally, mood is a person’s state of…
Inner Conflict: The Driving Force behind Character Development
Do you struggle with crafting realistic, complex characters? Have others told you that your characters are flat, stereotypic, or lacking…
A Writer’s Guide to the Romantasy Genre
Today’s guest post is by Alexa Nazzaro and Lucien Schraeder. By now, you’ve likely heard of Romantasy – a currently…
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