Good Endings Take Time
In a post on the Killzone blog, James Scott Bell says you need to put as much thought into your endings as your beginnings....
Worldbuilding 101
In a new post, Kirsten Lamb gives advice on worldbuilding. "Science fiction and fantasy are what most people think of when one mentions ‘world-building’ but...
Don’t Tackle Sensitive Topics Lightly
In a post on the DIY MFA blog, Lee Bukowski offers advice for writing about sensitive topics in your fiction. "Adult readers want topics...
POV is More than a Trick of the Light
In a post on Writer Unboxed, Kathryn Craft discusses an overlooked element of perspective - accurately portraying what your character can literally see. "While...
Scene Building 101
In a guest post on Jane Friedman's blog, Sharon Oard Warner, discusses the building blocks of scene. "Scenes are the building blocks of narrative,...
Character Change Can be Small but it Must be Meaningful
In a post on Lit Hub, Alice Elliott Dark shares advice for how to let your characters change without the transformation feeling forced or...
Robots Don’t Need Rights
in a guest post on Chuck Wendig's blog, Alex White shares five things he learned writing August Kitko and the Mechas from Space.
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Advice on Juggling Multiple Mysteries
During an interview with the DIY MFA podcast, Natalka Burian talks about time travel, multiple mysteries, and her book The Night Shift. During this...
Contradiction Reveals Character
In a post on Writer Unboxed, David Corbett says that contradictions can reveal a lot about your characters. "A contradiction in character is something...
How to Write Distinctive Dialogue
In their latest episode, the Writing Excuses hosts are joined by writer, teacher, and community organizer Maurice Broaddus for an eight-episode mini-master-class on writing...
