Do Readability Scores work?
Some seventy years on, the Flesch readability test is used by marketers, policy writers and bloggers; but do readability scores […]
Writing
Posts on the craft of writing
Stock Images and Stock Covers
Judging books by their covers gets even trickier with stock images and stock covers. Browse certain genres in the Amazon
No New Stories Only New Twists
Time and again we’re told there are no new stories only new twists. So what is an aspiring author to
Story Structure: the First Quarter Debate
Discovered a new aspect of writing craft this week while looking at story structure: the First Quarter Debate powering our
Free Flow: Get Up and Create
If you’re stifled at the keyboard unable to find your free flow: get up and create. It’s a common thing
The Role of Speculative Fiction
With wide appeal and a long history, just what is the role of speculative fiction? To use a definition from
Three Acts or Four?
How many parts to a satisfying story: three ‘acts’ or four? You can artificially break stories into three, or four
Story Arcs, Pacing and Plotting
It’s my new obsession, analyzing the story arcs, pacing and plotting in everything from books to TV shows to commercials.
Writing to Market
If I were smarter, I’d be writing to market; cranking out books targeted to best-selling trends. Right now, that’s Romantasy
The Legacy of the Rings
What I call Tolkein’s Legacy of the Rings doesn’t kick-start the fantasy genre. It originates in the roots of story