Do You Wanna Touch?
Creating an immersive reader experience means engaging all the senses in your characters and descriptions. Of course, it's natural to focus on what your...
Emphasize the Scene in Your Fight Scene
In an article for Writer's Digest, martial artist and writer Carla Hoch says the setting for a fight scene is even more important than...
How to Reset Your Readers’ Expectations
In their last in a series of podcasts on setting expectations in your novel, the Writing Excuses hosts discuss what happens when you're halfway...
Enough About Me. What Do You Think About Me? Using Narcissists...
In a post on the Writer Write blog, Anthony Ehlers examines the various types of narcissists and how you can use them as antagonists...
The Genius of Toni Morrison
In an excerpt from her introduction to the reissue of Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye, Bernardine Evaristo discusses the lessons she learned reading the...
How to Help Your Character Disclose Trauma
Relating your character's backstory requires you to find the right moment in your story and the right method. If you go too soon, you...
Let Your Characters Describe Your Setting
In a guest post on Jane Friedman's blog, editor Joe Ponepinto offers advice that can help your story stand out in the slush pile.
Many...
Using the Past as Historical Backdrop for Your Novel
In a post on Writer Unboxed, Donald Maass discusses the difference between the past and a character's back story.
"Back story is events, usually adverse, that...
Amor Towles: Historical Fiction Needs Backdrop, Not Hyper-Realism
In an interview with Lit Hub, writer Amor Towles discusses his process for creating realistic historical settings in his novels.
Towles approaches his settings as...
Peter Ho Davies: Use Revision to Reflect on Your Story’s Possibilities
In a conversation with Lit Hub's First Draft podcast, Peter Ho Davies talks about his latest book, The Art of Revision, and why we...
