To Plot or Pants Your Historical Novel?
In an article for Writer's Digest, Julia Brewer Daily says both plotting and pantsing help her maintain historical accuracy in her fiction and keep...
Scenes vs. Sequels: What’s a Good Balance?
In a guest post on Writers Helping Writers, Jami Gold explains the differences between scenes and their sequels.
According to Dwight Swain's Techniques of the...
Secondary Characters Need Agency Too
Supporting characters have a way of stealing scenes (and sometimes entire stories) from your main protagonist, but despite that possibility, writers should breath life...
A Watched Story Never Boils
In a guest post on Jane Friedman's blog, Jyotsna Sreenivasan says that sometimes we need to set a story aside to allow it to...
Whatever You Do, Don’t Open the Box!
While renovating the attic in his home, a Welsh man found a mysterious locked wooden box with a pentagram and the words "peidiwch ar...
Keeping Track of Your Time-Hopping Murder Mystery
In a guest post on the A Writer of History blog, Mary Burns shares her process and advice for writing mysteries with dual timelines.
In...
5 Tips for Writing a Revenge Story
In a post on Writer's Digest, Kit Mayquist offers 5 tips for writing a revenge story that slowly puts the pieces together for a...
In a Mystery, Everyone Lies
In a new post, mystery writer Zara Altair says your murder suspects' secrets can create the red herrings you need to keep your sleuth...
Multiple POV Can Create Frameworks within Frameworks
In the latest episode of the Writing Excuses podcast, Peng Shepherd joins the hosts to explore ways in which the use of multiple point-of-view...
Write the Book, Even if its Fake
During her interview with the Write the Book podcast, Kathryn Davis suggests a writing prompt she uses with her students: creating a "faux" novel....
