Advice for Putting Sound on the Page
Yesterday, we posted an article about using the sense of smell in your writing. Today, we have another sense: hearing and sound. Other than...
Story-First Worldbuilding
Worldbuilding can make a writer crazy. Especially in F&SF settings, you need to think through multiple aspects of your story world. You want to...
Great Sentences Need a Sense of Timing
Fiction writers can learn a lot from comedians, even if we don't write comic novels. At heart, great comedians are great storytellers - they...
Gus Moreno on Following the Fear in His Writing
During an interview with Lit Hub's So Many Damn Books podcast, Gus Moreno talks about how he faced his fears while writing his recent...
What’s That Smell?
Of all the sensory experiences writers should convey in their stories, the sense of smell can be the most difficult. Most people share similar...
Six Ways to Open Your Story
The Stage 32 blog shares a video from StudioBinder about the art of the opening scene. The video presents six ways to open a...
Truth is a Powerful Antidote for Our Times
In a post on Writer Unboxed, John Kelley discusses the importance of writing the truth, about our lives and events around us.
"A recent spike...
Making the Most of Your Walk-On Characters
They can't all be stars. Some of your story's characters will warrant only a line or two of dialogue and the barest description. The...
What Are They Thinking?: Showing Emotion for Non-POV Characters
Describing your character's emotions without beating the reader over the head with them is a tough task. Many writers accomplish this by writing in...
Historical Fiction: When It’s Ok to Snoop in Someone’s Journal
In a new post on the A Writer of History blog, MK Tod says that private diaries and personal accounts can provide a rich...
