Is Your Conflict Working For or Against You?
A lot of writing advice starts with "Stories need conflict" but often ends there as well. Less attention is paid to creating the right...
Ben Winters: Old Enough and Good Enough to Dive Deeper in His Writing
During an interview with Lit Hub's I’m a Writer But...podcast, Ben Winters (The Last Policeman series, The Quiet Boy) talks about migrating away from...
How Many Languages Does Your Dog Speak?
A recent post on Live Science says that dogs can tell the difference between human languages, based on their familiarity with one or the...
You Can Convey Powerful Stories Without Words
If a picture says 1,000 words, then a 100 great images can tell a novel, right? In an article for Writer's Digest, writer and...
What Makes a Great Villain?
In a new episode of its Page to Picture vlog, the Stage 32 blog discusses how to create great villains, using examples from popular...
Don’t Forget Your Reading Assignments
Writers love sharing Stephen King's advice about "killing your darlings" but will go to the mat insisting that his most relevant piece of advice...
Simone de Beauvoir: The Original Writer is Always Shocking
A post on Writer Write shares 7 writing quotes from Simone de Beauvoir, including:
"The writer of originality, unless dead, is always shocking, scandalous; novelty...
You Don’t Need to Beat a Dead Jockey
We've heard of dead political candidates winning a race, but never a dead athlete. In a recent article, Amusing Planet shares the story of...
Are You Reliable Enough to Use an Unreliable Narrator?
Tyler Durden. Humbert Humbert. Alex the Droog. Literature is filled with unreliable narrators, from the villainous, like Patrick Bateman, to the dangerously naive, like...
Jean Hanff Korelitz: Create Suspense by Paring Back Information
During an interview with Lit Hub's First Draft podcast, Jean Hanff Korelitz (The Plot) talks about how she learned to create tension and suspense.
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