Archives for the ‘Fiction Writing’ Category
- A New Kind of Didactic Novel
- Where to Get a Writing Critique
- How Short Is Short Fiction?
- How Long Is A Novel?
- Formatting Dialogue
- Five Terms Related to Submitting a Manuscript
- A Sample of Amateur Writing
- Naming Babies
- Parataxis and Hypotaxis
- Showing Dialect in Dialogue
- Start Your Novel
- Answers to Questions About Writing Fiction
- 5 Tips on How to Run a Writing Group
- 7 Types of Narrative Conflict
- Writers Can Learn from Middlebrow Masters
- 10 Rewards and Risks of Self-Publishing
- Pathetic Fallacy
- November Is the Write Time
- 12 Imaginary Places
- Types of Plots
- Don’t Name Your Character Mary Sue
- 5 Tips About Writing with Rhythm
- Crack Writers Can Lay Easter Eggs
- Epithets Add Character
- 15 Stock Characters — and How to Restock Them
- Showing, Not Telling, Personality Through Speech and Thought
- A Writer’s Best Friend
- Narrative, Plot, and Story
- There’s a Time for Tmesis
- How to Invent Names for Your Genre Novel
- 10 Experiential Writing Prompts
- 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
- Subject Lines, Subscriptions and Submissions
- 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