Who Belongs in Your Ensemble?
Continuing their series on fictional ensembles, the Writing Excuses hosts talk about how genre influences the structure of your cast. How is a heist...
Crafting Real-Life Historical Characters Who Feel Real
In an article for Writer's Digest, Mario Escobar shares 5 tips for writing about real-life heroes in historical fiction. "From Homer's Iliad to Hemingway's...
Small Details Can Create Big Tension
In a post on Writer Unboxed, Tiffany Yates Martin offers advice on creating tension and micro-tension to keep readers turning the pages. "It sounds like...
Are Your Short Stories Trying to Become a Novel?
Telling a longer story as a series of short stories or vignettes is an idea as old as literature. The Canterbury Tales, One Thousand...
Symbols Add Literary Strength
In a post on Writer Unboxed, Beth Havey discusses how we can use symbolism to strengthen our stories. "Adding symbolism is an artistic choice, verbal...
Building Character Voice from Inside Out
In a post on Writers Helping Writers, Lisa Poisso offers advice for creating and sustaining unique character voices using vocabulary and speaking rhythms. "Instead of...
Tips and Tricks for Editing Your Novel
In a post on Writer Unboxed, Liza Nash Taylor shares tips and tricks for editing and revisions from some top writers.
Janet Fitch (White Oleander)...
What Would Hüsker Dü?
Yesterday, it was Leonard Cohen. Today's, it's Hüsker Dü's Grant Hart. In a post on Lit Hub, Seth Kaufman describes how he chose the name...
Mastering the Microcosm Effect
In a post on Writer Unboxed, Donald Maass examines how your novel can create a microcosm of the real world. "I am pretty sure...
Flashbacks or Backflashes?
In a post on the Killzone blog, James Scott Bell offers advice about using flashbacks. Bell is a bit more broadminded than Sinclair Lewis,...
