How to Fix a Bad Scene
How many times do you edit and revise, and still wonder how to fix a bad scene in your manuscript. […]
Writing
Posts on the craft of writing
Pixar’s Twenty-two Rules of Storytelling
Storyboard artist Emma Coats compiled a list on Twitter of Pixar’s twenty-two rules of storytelling. It’s not a new list
Do The Worst Thing
There’s a piece of writing advice which goes ‘do the worst thing to your protagonist you can think of.’ Taken
Fantasy Genre Tropes We Love and Hate
I’ve been challenged to write an epic fantasy genre story, so I’m reading a lot of current fantasy fiction. It
How long is a paragraph?
A dense wall of text with little or no white space sends readers running; so how long is a paragraph?.
Story in Seventeen Chapters
Writers recommend many different story structures including the classic story in seventeen chapters. It’s built around the Fichtean curve and
The Self Publishing Journey Part II
If this is the Self Publishing Journey Part II, then what happened to Part I? Writing something is part one.
The Magic in Magical Realism
Proving how certain genres defy definition, here’s my fourth attempt to define the magic in magical realism. I struggled so
Using Transition words
Using transition words in your text can help you enhance the readability. Used well, these words help your text flow.
Elmore Leonard’s Ten Rules of Writing
From a master of crime fiction, Elmore Leonard’s Ten Rules of Writing carry a lot of weight. Leonard began his