Clarity is Your Job
On the off-chance you think you're a misunderstood genius or a prophet who won't be recognized in their own time, Matthew Norman shares the...
Do You Really Really Know Your Villain?
In a post on the SFWA blog, writer Michael Moore (not that one), says that SF writers can create stronger villains by thinking like...
When Unlikeable is the Least of Your Concerns
In a recent blog post, writer Mary Carroll Moore offers advice for writing unlikeable characters.
Moore has spoken with both writers and readers who have...
Whatever Happened to Trout Fishing in America?
We love characters with funky names and a great origin story.
In a post on Lit Hub, Walker Caplan shares the story of a college...
You Know What you Need? More.
The Writers Write blog shares YA author Gail Carson Levine’s (Ella Enchanted) seven rules for writing stories, taken from her book, Writing Magic: Creating...
How to Build Mood with Genre, POV
In a post on the Write Practice blog, Joslyn Chase offers advice for creating atmosphere in your writing. "There are many literary devices and...
Noir and SF: A Complimentary Pairing
Classic examples of SF/mystery mashups include Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and its resulting film adaptation, Bladerunner, as well as...
You Can Train Yourself To Be A Writer
If it was easy, everyone would do it.
Writing doesn't have to be hard and it shouldn't be a misery, but that doesn't mean you...
7 Ways to Let Your Supporting Cast Shine (But Not Too Brightly)
In a guest post on Well-Storied, writer Cady Hammer shares how she developed the secondary characters in her fantasy novel Chasing War. Hammer suggests...
Paula Hawkins: Mysteries Can Be More Than Black and White
Some of our favorite novels have ambiguous endings, or fail to wrap up events in the tidiest manner. Tana French's debut novel, In the...
