4 Questions for Great Flashbacks
In a recent blog post, Tiffany Yates Martin offers advice on mastering flashbacks. "Used unskillfully, flashbacks risk yanking readers right out of your story,...
Finding Inspiration on Location
In an interview with the Script Apart podcast, Sacha Gervasi describes how he used real-life travel experience to create the characters in his script...
Ten Steps to Unleashing Your Writer’s Voice
A new post on Industrial Scripts offers advice on finding and maintaining your fictional voice. "Discovering your writing voice in screenwriting is a journey...
Advice on Mastering Sensory Language
Using sensory language is a key tool for writers, but it can be difficult to master. What do we mean by "sensory language" and...
Can You Answer These 4 Questions About Your Novel?
In a new blog post, Janice Hardy suggests four questions you should ask before you begin your novel. "I've discovered through (often painful) trial...
What’s for Dinner?
In a post on Lit Hub, Flynn Berry suggests an interesting way to inhabit your characters: Take them grocery shopping. "When I’m working on a...
Futher Reading on Tension
In their latest podcast, the Writing Excuses hosts continue their examination of tension, using P. Djèlí Clark's Ring Shout to highlight their lessons.
If I Had a Hammer
In an article for Writer's Digest, Jude Berman discusses whether and where writers should hammer home the message in their fiction. "Writers need the...
How to Write About Family Without Writing About Family
In an article for Writer's Digest, journalist Carolyn Jack offers advice on writing about family without getting uninvited from Thanksgiving dinner. "The problem in fiction...
Balancing Multiple POVs in Your Novel
In an article for Writer's Digest, Jody Hobbs Hesler shares four tips (and a writing exercise) on how to balance different points of view...
