The Social Event of the Year…or Your Novel
In a post on Writer Unboxed, John Kelley suggests adding major social occasions - such as weddings and funerals - to your stories to create...
Which POV is the Right POV for Your Story?
In a guest post on Jane Friedman's blog, Tiffany Yates Martin offers advice on picking the right point of view for your story. "Choosing...
Read This Before Killing Off a Character
Game of Thrones taught its audience to never get too attached to a lead character, but also showed writers that killing beloved characters won't...
Blending Spec Fic and Neo-Noir
In an interview with DIY MFA, Jinwoo Chong addresses themes of loss and disconnection and how they relate to his book Flux. They also discuss...
Four Keys to Existentialist Writing
A post on Industrial Scripts examines existentialism and how to write an existentialist novel or film script. This philosophical approach isn't easy to define,...
How to Avoid TMI
You want your readers to understand your characters, but you don't want your novel to read like a therapy session. In a post on...
When You Plot, Don’t Skimp on Logic
In a post on Writer Unboxed, Susan DeFreitas examines the difference between a good story and a story that makes sense. Your story might...
Don’t Throw Anything Away!
In a post on Writers Write, Susanne Bennett suggests what you can do with stories or sections of stories that you wrote but abandoned....
The Perfection of Sunset Boulevard
In a post on the Killzone blog, James Scott Bell says writers can learn a lot from the classic noir film Sunset Boulevard.
His lessons...
The Simple Question of What Happens Next?
In their latest episode, the Writing Excuses hosts continue their exploration of tension, this time focusing on unanswered questions. While this obviously applies to...
