The Secret to a Strong Plot? Make Trouble for Your Character
In a conversation published in The Writer, writing coach Jamie Morris and writing professor Ryan Van Cleave discuss various aspects of plot, including their...
5 Tips for Writing a Domestic Thriller
In an article for Writer's Digest, writer Leah Konen offers five pieces of advice for writing a domestic thriller - suspenseful stories that drop...
Tips for Writing Natural but Fictional Dialogue
Writing fictional dialogue can be tricky, because the writer must walk a fine line between portraying how real people talk without transcribing verbatim. Most...
Daily Words Add Up
Despite the heady rush of National Novel Writing Month and writers who claim to write 6-8 books a year, we are a firm proponent...
Your Parasocial Relationship
Inspired by Sue William Silverman's memoir, The Pat Boone Fan Club: My Life as a White Anglo Saxon Jew, this week's Write the Book...
Worldbuilding: Not Just for F&SF
In a guest post on the A Writer of History blog, Mike Kanner talks about worldbuilding for historical novels.
Kanner says his worldbuilding focuses on...
What Makes a Script a Spike Lee Joint?
As writers, we strive to develop a unique voice, to express ourselves in ways that are expressly our own. One method for achieving this...
Nothing Sadder Than a Cop in the Rain
In a recent post, Lee Lofland says that rain isn't a cop's friend. We don't care for rainy days, but there are a lot...
Was There a Sixth Victim of Jack the Ripper?
Imagine researching your family tree and finding that your ancestor may have been involved in a major historical event. According to an article in...
Your New Year’s Resolution Doesn’t Need to Change the World
Are you sick of reading about New Year's Writing Resolutions and ways to be more productive in 2022? We are too, maybe a little,...
