Use Wide Angle POV to Keep Your Reader at a Distance
Modern novels often go for a deep POV, bringing the reader directly into the protagonist's thoughts and portraying the novel's settings, characters, and events...
Cause and Effect is the Key to Story
There's a simple test for determining the strength of your story. If your story unfolds as a series of events - this happens, then...
J.L. Torres on How Worldbuilding Helps Him Write for Multiple Audiences
During an interview with the DIY MFA podcast, J.L. Torres (The Accidental Native, The Family Terrorist and Other Stories), discusses how he writes for separate audiences...
Time is the Writer’s Friend, Character’s Enemy
Whether we're anticipating a Happy New Year or dreading a deadline, our lives are governed by the clock. In a post on CrimeReads, Andrew...
Make Joy Your New Year’s Resolution
We would all appreciate it if 2022 turned out to be a bit less challenging than the last two years. We're not holding our...
Is 2020 Your Year for Unlearning?
Sometimes in our writing journey, we need to take a step back and reflect on what we've learned. A lot of our lessons are...
Do You Plot or Pants Your Writing Goals?
It's the time of year for plans and goals and trying new things. It's also a good time to shake up your goal setting...
Building a Consistent Writing Practice
If you didn't meet your writing goals in 2021, don't fret. There's still time in 2022! You might need to update your habits though....
How to Prop Up Your Story
In a post on Writing Forward, Melissa Donovan offers some writing exercises that can help you figure out how to integrate physical objects into...
Not All 24 Hours are Created Equal
Like all good introverts, we hate change. But we will begrudgingly admit that sometimes we need to change and it's often for the better.
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