Archives for the 'Fiction Writing' Category

• The Use of “I” in First Person Narration
• Creating Compelling Characters
• Retracing your steps
• Dialogue Helps to Tell Your Story
• The Art of Speaking
• Empathic or Empathetic?
• Sentence Flow
• “Critiquing” is not “Editing”
• First Steps in Plotting a Novel
• Not Winning a Contest Doesn’t Mean Your Writing is No Good
• Character Tags in Fiction
• Deep POV
• 3 Reasons to Ditch Your Novel’s Prologue
• What Do Writers Read?
• Writing a Pitch
• How Long Should a Synopsis Be?
• Dealing With A Character’s Internal Thoughts
• Beginning Your Mystery Novel
• The First Page
• How Much Dialog is Too Much?
• Ken Follett’s Master Class for Novelists
• Even Talent Requires Revision
• Don’t Be Too Eager to Publish
• Writing Resources for Teenagers
• Using the Bible for Writing Ideas
• NaNoWriMo – What It Is and Why You Should Join In
• Collaborative Fiction: Writing and Gaming Online
• Dialogue Writing Tips
• Writing An Effective Fiction Query
• A Novel IS Fiction
• Publishing Horror Stories
• How Short Can You Go? 50 to 100 Word Stories
• Creative Writing 101
• How and Where to Publish Your Short Stories
• Keeping a Writers’ Notebook
• Using Writing Bursts to Generate Ideas and Enthusiasm
• A Writer Can be Anyone or Anything
• Street Slang For Scriptwriting
• Interview with Fiction Author Jeff Kozlowski
• Jane Austen Did Not Write Epics
• Kickstart Your Writing with Nanowrimo
• Becoming Your Characters
• One Size Does Not Fit All
• Novelist, Read The Bible!
• Lying in State: Changing Perceptions Change Language
• Point of View: Following the Rules
• Dealing with “he said” and “she said”
• Dialogue Dos and Don’ts
• Don’t Overload the Bridge
• Show, Don’t Tell

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