10 Tips for Using Journaling to Strengthen Your Fiction
Confession: The Editorial We is terrible at keeping a journal. I started more than a few journals in grade school, but never knew what...
Suspects are the Frame to Your Mystery’s Puzzle
A murder mystery needs a victim, a perpetrator, and a sleuth, but your other suspects are the glue that holds your novel together. They...
Write the Tale That Scares You
While a lot of writing advice focuses on crafting page-turners and bestsellers, sometimes we need to be reminded to plumb the boundless depths of...
What Makes Quentin Click?
In a post on The Script Lab, Kevin Nelson takes a look at Quentin Tarantino's most iconic scripts to find out what makes them...
Tips for Keeping Your Characters in Character
In a post for Writer's Digest, the magazine's Content Editor Michael Woodson offers his advice for fixing characters that lack substance. "I call this...
How to Conquer Creativity-Killing Self-Doubt
We've all felt it: the nagging notion that we're not up to the task, that we don't have enough talent, that we're not worthy...
When Your Story is Driven by Big Events
In their latest podcast, the Writing Excuses hosts examine the next element of the MICE (Milieu, Idea, Character, and Event) Quotient: Event. They explore...
Cheryl Strayed: Tap Deeper Stories with Talismans
In a conversation with Lit Hub, writer Cheryl Strayed (Wild) offers her observations on the journey to publication, including her financial struggles and efforts...
Leave Room for Your Readers to Help Write Your Story
One aspect of story that writers often fail to appreciate is the role of the reader in their work. While you don't want to...
Be Careful of Using Dreams in Place of Meaning
It's common writerly wisdom not to use dreams in your stories, for good reason. Dream sequences are corny, time-consuming, and rarely convey information that...
