When Does that Novel Go in the Trash?
The end of another year is a good time to take stock of life and clear out what isn't working for you, whether that's...
Cultivating Story Ideas from Real Life
In a post on Writers Helping Writers, Lucy Hay shares tips for using real life to inspire your fiction. While your life might not...
Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me: Foreshadow It
In a guest post on the Writers Helping Writers blog, Jami Gold talks about foreshadowing: when and how to use it and how to...
Ten Methods for Generating Story Ideas
In his latest column for Lit Reactor, Richard Thomas offers 10 tips and exercising for generating new story ideas. Here are five of them:
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7 Tips for Sticking the Landing of Your Novel
In a post on the Pub Rants blog, Angie Hodapp shares seven tips for strong story endings. "A memorable ending is like the dessert...
Without Empathy, Who Cares Whodunnit?
In a post on Killzone, PJ Parrish says that modern crime fiction is often more focused on the victim's than the protagonist or murderer...and maybe...
A Synopsis Can Strengthen Your But-Therefore Chain
In a post on Jane Friedman's blog, Allison Williams says that writing a thorough synopsis of a trouble manuscript can help you find what...
Making the Best of It
In their latest episode, the Writing Excuses hosts almost didn't. Only three hosts showed up and none had the outline, but they recorded a...
Writers are Readers Inspired to Emulation
In a post on Writer Unboxed, David Corbett shares writing lessons he learned from a recent story collection by Jess Walter.
Corbett quotes - as...
All Stories Have Writing Lessons
Continuing the Writer's Digest series on common writing mistakes, editor Moriah Richard says writers shouldn't dismiss stories that aren't from books. "We often talk about...
