How Many Characters in Chapter One?
Here’s a question: how many characters in chapter one? How many does a novel need to get the story going? […]
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.
The Fault in our Scenes
When the story doesn’t work, you don’t know why, and it’s the fault in our scenes.
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
How long is a paragraph?
A dense wall of text sends readers running; so how long is a paragraph? Online and digital make short paragraphs
The Self Publishing Journey
The Self Publishing Journey: writing the book is only the first step. Next steps, edit, format, and release. Promote, market,
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
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
Final-Third Frenzy
The notion of final-third frenzy comes from a Reedsy webinar The Top Suspense Novel Pitfalls. Taking the broad category of
Seven Deadly Fears of Writing
What’s been stopping you from producing that magnum opus? From the opening of Jurgen Wolff’s 2007 Your Writing Coach, what