Simple Transitions Are Usually Best
In a post on Killzone, PJ Parrish offers advice for writing the transitions between scenes and chapters. "Transitions go a long way to creating that...
Six Tricks to Develop Voice
In a post on Novlr, Pamela Koehne-Drube offers advice for finding your writer's voice. "Voice is what makes an author’s work distinctive, and every...
Multi-POV Requires Characters Who are Free to Speak for Themselves
In a post on Lit Hub, Sara Lippmann examines the polyvocal novel, a story with multiple points of view. "From a young age, I...
Tips for Building Your Story Town from Scratch
In a post on Writer's Digest, L.G. Davis shares eight tips for creating believable fictional towns. "Fictional towns will offer you a blank canvas,"...
What Does Your Character’s Internal Dialogue Reveal?
In an article for Writer's Digest, Audrey Wick says internal dialogue can reveal a lot about your characters. "Internal dialogue are lines typically in...
The Three Kinds of Unreliable Narrators
An article on Industrial Scripts examines the different types of unreliable narrators and how you can write one. "An unreliable narrator is a first-person...
What You Don’t Know About Classical Music
In an article on Writer's Digest, Arianna Warsaw-Fan Rauch shares eight things every writer should know about classical music. "While I sometimes fantasize about...
Worldbuilding Lessons from “Arcane”
In a post on the Stage 32 blog, Eyo Obot shares worldbuilding tips from the animated series, Arcane. "The economic, political, and ideological forces...
Using Weather to Convey Mood in Fiction
In a guest post on Jane Friedman's blog, C.S. Lakin says writers shouldn't ignore the potential of weather to set the mood in your...
Villain Masterclass: Louise Fletcher’s Portrayal of Nurse Ratched
In a post on Writer Unboxed, David Corbett says Louise Fletcher's portrayal of Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was a...
