Want a Fast First Draft? Talk it Out.
In a post on the Stage 32 blog, Fred Gooltz recommends the Talking Draft method as a way to get a first draft down...
Fictional Place Can Ease Writing About Real-Life Trauma
In a post on CrimeReads, Adria Bernardi discusses the challenges and opportunities of creating a fictional setting for your characters. "An imagined landscape that does...
Readers Need Access to Your Characters’ Inner Lives
In a post on Writers in the Storm, Tiffany Yates Martin offers advice for bringing your readers into your character's inner life. "Regardless of what...
Digging Deep to Find Your Theme
In a new post, C.S. Lakin offers advice for finding the theme in your novel. "Theme speaks to your plot, but more so to the...
Don’t Ignore What Your Hero Wants
In another of Writer's Digest's post on mistakes writers make, editor Moriah Richard discusses ignoring your character's desires. "A big mistake most often made...
Text and Subtext in Context
In their latest episode, the Writing Excuses hosts have a conversation about text, context, and subtext. Somewhere between text and context, subtext is the...
Hard Work Can Reinforce Your Theme
In a post on Writers Helping Writers, Becca Puglisi says you can use your character's career to support your story's theme. "Writing theme into...
Level Up Your Novel with Motifs
In a recent post, C.S. Lakin discusses how the use of motif can bring your characters, story, and theme together in a powerful way. "Few...
Nat Cassidy: Five Words a Day Better than Zero
In a guest post on Chuck Wendig's blog, Nat Cassidy shares five things he learned writing Mary, An Awakening of Terror. "I wanted to...
Four Types of Conflict for Every Page
Conflict drives fiction and we're told to include it on every page. In a guest post on Jami Gold's blog, Angela Ackerman discusses the...
