Hiring an Editor? Ask Good Questions!
In an article for Writer's Digest, Tiffany Yates Martin shares some more advice about hiring a developmental editor. In previous posts, she's talked about...
It’s Ok to Show Your Influences
In a guest post on Chuck Wendig's blog, Johann Thorsson shares what he learned writing his supernatural crime novel Whitesands.
Writing is all in...
Structure Sets an Expectation
In their latest podcast, the Writing Excuses hosts continue their conversation about structure and how structure makes a promise to the reader. Structure tells...
Rutu Modan: “It Can Be a Wild Story, but Everything Has...
Incomparable cartoonist Jason Lutes (Berlin) recently interviewed writer/artist Rutu Modan about her new graphic novel, Tunnels. Modan shares her process for creating the work,...
Use Wide Angle POV to Keep Your Reader at a Distance
Modern novels often go for a deep POV, bringing the reader directly into the protagonist's thoughts and portraying the novel's settings, characters, and events...
Cause and Effect is the Key to Story
There's a simple test for determining the strength of your story. If your story unfolds as a series of events - this happens, then...
J.L. Torres on How Worldbuilding Helps Him Write for Multiple Audiences
During an interview with the DIY MFA podcast, J.L. Torres (The Accidental Native, The Family Terrorist and Other Stories), discusses how he writes for separate audiences...
Break the Hero’s Journey to Tell a Story of Your Own
In an article for Lit Hub, Tiphanie Yanique talks about how she used the Hero's Journey structure to tell a story Joseph Campbell was unlikely...
Stories Are About Why
In an interview with the Creative Penn podcast, writer Lisa Cron talks about the importance of story, including what stories are really about and...
Writing Rules are Meant to be Broken
This blog is a firm believer of the tenet that rules are made to be broken. This includes the alleged rules of writing. Name...
