Review: Plot & Structure by James Scott Bell
He’s polite about it, but you can tell that James Scott Bell, author of Write Great Fiction: Plot & Structure, has
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Category: Writing Tips
Should You Delete That Conflict Scene? A 3-Question Quiz
There’s no good writing, only good rewriting. Or so the saying goes, or something like that. Anyway, one of the
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[Guest Post] Procrastination: The Great Leveler
This is a guest post by Alan Gelb, a writing coach and widely published author of fiction and nonfiction, including his
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Should You SAVE Your Darlings?
“Kill your darlings.” This advice, quoted by writers all over the world but lent gravitas by the one and only Stephen
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Are You an Anxious Writer? 3 Tips to Avoid Writer’s Anxiety
I am the queen of baseless, senseless anxiety that appears from nowhere. Panic attacks are like a relative’s house that
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Editing Your Novel with Fresh Eyes
This is a guest post by Ian Dennis. Ian loves writing, is a dragon fanatic, and won’t talk to you if you say
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5 Tips for Guest-Blogging Like a Pro
Hey there! I’m running around like mad today, but I wanted to leave you a few tasty nuggets on a
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Believable Character Arcs, Villain Logic and Monologuing: What AGE OF ULTRON Can Teach About Fiction and Craft
Have you seen Avengers: Age of Ultron yet? ::grabs your shoulders through the Internet, shakes you:: GO SEE IT. The only people
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Writetip Wednesday: Flag ALL the Things
Did you know that, in the springtime, poison ivy isn’t green? I didn’t when I used a metaphor, “a blogger
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Being a Political Blogger Unmade My Writing and Overwrought My Ego
As an undergraduate at Ithaca College, I ran the student newspaper’s political blog, The Spectrum. I don’t remember how I
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