Narrative Promises Create Structure
The Writing Excuses podcast starts a new 8-episode series on promises and expectations. With their guest hosts - Kaela Rivera, Sandra Tayler, and Megan Lloyd - they...
Leave Your Adverbs Here
Adverbs have their advocates, but most writers use them sparingly, if at all. We don't go for hard and fast rules on this site,...
Chris d’Lacey: To be a Writer, You Have to Write
The Writers Write blog shares Chris d'Lacey's Top 10 writing tips. Here's a few:
To be a writer, you have to write. Often. Write...
Consider Essayists as Models for Connection
In a post on the Killzone blog, PJ Parrish says that fiction writers can learn lessons from great essayists about connecting with their readers. Essay...
Deliberate, Don’t Default
In their final episode of their series on worldbuilding, the Writing Excuses hosts discuss how to insert originality by deliberately avoiding defaults, cliches, and...
How to Handle a Revise & Resubmit
You might be fortunate enough to get an agent's attention for your manuscript. However, that often isn't the end of the line. You might...
How Much is Too Much and When?
For fiction writers, successful communication is all about balance. We need to hone our instincts so that we know the right amount to put...
Use the Audience’s Imagination to Fill in Blanks Between Scenes
We don't know how they do it, but writing advice blogs seem to hit similar points at the same time. Not counting blog tours...
Do You Trust Your Reader?
You might be forgiven if you find the act of writing requires you to walk a number of tightropes. Characters need to be consistent...
How to Create an Antihero Who Isn’t a Sociopath
We love our antiheroes but they are challenging to write well. There's a fine line between antihero and villain that is crossed on a...
