Archives for the 'Fiction Writing' Category

• 35 Genres and Other Varieties of Fiction
• AP StyleGuard and the Death of Editing
• National Novel Writing Month
• The Nitty-Gritty About Reduplication
• 5 Events and Incidents That Never Happened
• 5 Questions to Consider When Writing for Children
• Physical Descriptions Put Readers in Your Place
• How to Hire an Editor
• How to Reverse-Outline Your First Draft
• A Training Camp for Aspiring Book Authors
• 25 Eponyms as Literary Wordplay
• In Writing, Tone Is the Author’s Attitude
• A Writer’s Voice Is All About Choice
• 10 Tips for Critiquing Other People’s Writing
• 15 Figures of Speech to Color Your Characters
• Use Manuscript Markers for Your First Draft
• The ABCs (and Ds and Es) of Plot Development
• Tips for Selecting Your Story’s Narrative Style
• 6 Directions for Visual Display of Content
• 20 Classic Novels You Can Read in One Sitting
• Use Archetypes to Create Literary Characters
• 5 Qualities to Consider During Character Development
• 20 Great Similes from Literature to Inspire You
• 5 Building Blocks of Your Character’s Personality
• 20 Great Opening Lines to Inspire the Start of Your Story
• How to Motivate Your Characters
• How to Find a Literary Agent
• 15 Top Writing Guides for Novelists
• Should You Self-Publish?
• Making the Most of Palindromes
• 3 Things the Novelist Can Learn From the Copywriter
• Let Your Wishes Be a Writing Prompt
• Use of Trademark Names in Fiction
• Writing Dialogue In Accents and Dialect
• The term “high concept”
• What’s Your Novel’s Log Line?
• “Chick Lit,” Genre or Insult?
• The Action/Adventure Genre
• What is “Pulp Fiction”?
• Is Your Novel “Mystery,” “Thriller,” or “Suspense”?
• What’s a “Literary” Novel?
• What is “Experimental” Fiction?
• What’s a “glitz novel”?
• Poetry Rhythm And Metre – Part 2
• 16 Manuscript Format Guidelines
• Poetry Rhythm And Metre – Part 1
• Let’s Hear A Little Respect for the Pluperfect
• Don’t Begin at the Beginning
• 20 Movies Based on Shakespeare Plays
• 33 Writing Terms You Should Know
• No Talent for Writing
• Story Writing 101
• 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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