Twenty Characters to Start a Book?
According to Christine Frazier’s Better Novel Project you need twenty characters to start a book. Her post advocates this as […]
Writing
Posts on the craft of writing
Kurt Vonnegut’s Eight Rules for Writing Fiction
Iconic author Kurt Vonnegut’s Eight Rules for Writing Fiction are practical, humourous and endearing; much like the man himself.
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.
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?.
The Self Publishing Journey
The Self Publishing Journey: writing the book is only the first step. Next steps, edit, format, and release. Promote, market,
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 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