Use Your Hero’s Blind Spots to Build Plot and Character
Many creative people find writing therapeutic, this editor among them. Not every story or journal entry is a means of working out our shit,...
Voice Part 2: Inner Voice Needs Encouragement and Nurturing
In the second part of an article for the Stage 32 blog, playwright Chris Morley continues his examination of the concept of voice (read...
Khanh Ha on the Difference Between Style and Voice
During an interview with the DIY MFA podcast, Khanh Ha discusses:
How he writes death scenes in a way that is comfortable for him...
Character’s Need Unique Voices, Too
In a recent post on the Writers Helping Writers blog, September Fawkes offers tips on creating unique speaking voices for your characters. Fawkes defines...
Trouble with Imposter Syndrome? You May Have a Creativity Wound
If you start writing projects but don't finish or finish projects that you never share, you might be suffering from a "creativity wound." In...
Don’t Make the Cure Simpler than the Disease
In a post on the SFWA blog, Ashley Deng offers advice for writing about fictional pandemics and avoiding the cliche of the dramatically-timed cure.
First,...
Novel That Make Setting a Character of Its Own
Hogwart's. The Overlook Hotel. The Pequod. Novels are filled with settings that are so integral to the story, they seem to have the essence...
Louise Erdrich: “You Can’t Give Yourself an Out”
In an interview with Lit Hub's Otherppl podcast, Louise Erdrich says that she doesn't have a strict work habit but merely loves to write....
Write What You Know: the Opposite of Imagination
You wouldn't be surprised to learn that acclaimed writer Kazuo Ishiguro - author of The Remains of the Day and the modern SF classic...
Writing Thrillers: Make a Promise to Your Reader
Every story needs a sense of suspense to keep readers engaged and turning pages, so every writer can learn something from the art of...
