Maria Tatar on the Subversive Power of Gossip
In an excerpt from her book The Heroine with 1001 Faces, Maria Tatar examines the cultural power of gossip. "Chatter, chitchat, gossip, idle talk,...
Exploring the Exacting Details of Graham Greene
In a post on CrimeReads, writer Craig Nova examines Graham Greene's Brighton Rock to share some of its important writing lessons, starting with his ability...
Jazz and Shakespeare Can Help You Write More Melodically
One of the writer's biggest challenges is creating prose that both carries the story and takes on a life of its own. We've read many...
Attack Your Writing When It Least Expects It
A post on the Writers Write blog shares writing advice from renowned SF forefather H.G. Wells. We love #1: "If you are in difficulties...
10 Great Writing Elements in War and Peace
Tolstoy's War and Peace is one of the great classics of literature...that a lot of writers have never read. (Ed. note: Me too.). But in...
Advice for Sticking With Your Unique Writing Vision
In a guest post on Well-Storied, writer Stephanie BwaBwa says the world needs writers to express their unique voices now more than ever. "I’m...
Crushed by Research? Here are Some Tips for Avoiding the Overwhelm
Research can be daunting, especially if your projects brings you into unfamiliar areas. How many of us have had a great idea for an...
Writing Prompt: You and You and You
During an interview with the Write the Book podcast, poet Ralph Culver (A Passable Man) offers a prompt suggested by one of his poems....
Is Your Writing Life Sense-Less?
More frequently than we'd like, we hear writers talk about writing as though it were some sort of torture: the sitting down, the staying...
Does Your Villain Mean Well?
In a post for CrimeReads, Kerry Anne King takes a look at 10 characters who do bad things for good reasons. Whether motivated by...
