Write with a Song In Your Heart
A new post on the Writers Write blog shares advice on writing from popular songwriters, including Dolly Parton, Tom Waits, Lou Reed, and Shaun...
If You Can’t Manage Something Big, Work on Something Small
We know, we know - another day, another share about writing habits and goals. It's a new year. It'll die down.
In an article on...
Would You Do This Job?
An article on the British Newspaper Archive shares a number of unusual jobs that no longer exist. Some, like lamplighter and knocker-up (not a...
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...
