Alan Moore’s Incredibly Underrated Writing Guide
In a post on LitReactor, Peter Derk recommends that writers add Alan Moore's Writing for Comics to their library of how-to books. "Writing For...
Lessons Learned from Writing Real-Life People in Fiction
In an article for Writer's Digest, Gill Paul shares 7 tips for fictionalizing real historical characters, including when to retell history, when to imagine...
Secrets are a Powerful Tool for Characterization
In a post on Writer Unboxed, David Corbett says the secrets your characters keep says a lot about their values, fears, and desires. "Secrets provide...
Yep: 6 Storytelling Techniques You Can Learn from ‘Nope’
In a post on The Script Lab, Kole Lyndon Lee shares six storytelling techniques you can steal learn from Jordan Peele's Nope. While focused...
10 Steps to a Realistic Fictional World
In an article for Writer's Digest, Nalini Singhuag offers 10 tips for building a realistic fictional world, regardless of your genre. Her tips include:
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Way to Get Tense
In their latest episode, the Writing Excuses hosts get tense. During the podcast, they discuss the ways dialog can build and/or maintain tension, especially...
Strong Plots Need Serious Goals
In a post for Writers Helping Writers, September Fawkes offers advice for creating the strongest possible goal for your protagonist. "At any given moment,...
Voice is Adding More You to Your Writing
In a new post, Mary Carroll Moore talks about developing your writer's voice. "I believe each of us has a unique writing voice, dormant...
The Inseparability of Tension and Suspense
In a post on Jane Friedman's blog, Tiffany Yates Martin examines the difference between tension and suspense and discusses how they work together in to...
What Lies Are Your Heroes Telling?
In a post on Writer Unboxed, Kathleen McCleary talks about truth and lies, and how your characters use them. "What people lie about, who they...
