4 Tips And Tricks To Help You Survive Your Outline
If you have been working on a plan for your novel, you will enjoy this post where we look at tips and tricks to help
Creative Writing
A Bit Of Love For Your Short-Story-Telling Soul
Do you have a few short story self-care days planned? In this post, we talk about how to look after your short-story-telling soul.
5 Ways To Add Love To Popular Genres
Characters from every genre tend to all in love. Here are 5 ways to add love to popular genres.
5 Ways To Start Using Killer Dialogue In Your Story
Dialogue is one of the most powerful tools at our disposal as writers. In this post, we share 5 ways to start using killer dialogue
How Do You Come To Story?
Stories come to us in the forms of poems, short stories, novels, movies, even in journalism and rhetoric. In this post, we ask: How do
Do You Have A Romance Novel In You?
This competition is now closed. Harlequin Romance is always looking for new authors to write for them. The Harlequin Romance Blitz is your chance to
Back To Basics: 3 Steps To Setting
As we wrap up January of the New Year, we’re looking at the three basics of fiction writing, and we’ve covered plot and character and
Back To Basics: 3 Steps To Character
To kick start the new year, we’re getting back to the core basics of fiction writing – plot, character, and setting. This week, our focus
The Top 42 Writing Posts Of 2017
These were the posts you most wanted to see on this website in 2017.
9 Ways To Set Up Believable Fictional Breakups
Are your characters heading for a fictional split? If you are writing a book, we’ve put together a post on 9 ways to set up
4 Writing Lessons Every Writer Can Learn From Star Wars
What can writers learn from Star Wars? From unforgettable characters to epic storytelling, these lessons from Star Wars will help you create stories readers can’t
Clothes Maketh The Character
Clothes maketh the man, therefore clothes maketh the character. Let’s explore clothing in books -with examples – in more detail.
How To Write A Bully Character: 9 Tips For Writers
In this post, we define bullies, explore their character traits, share examples of fictional bullies, and offer practical advice on how to write about bullies.
Writers Talk 8 | My Year Of Writing
Welcome to our podcast series, Writers Talk. In our eighth podcast, we talk about Anthony Ehlers’s year of writing.
How To Introduce Late Arrivals In A Story
Are there some characters who show up in the middle of your book? This post is about how to introduce late arrivals in a story.
The 4 Pillars Of Science Fiction
Are you writing science fiction? Are you wondering how to do it well? In this post, we discuss the four pillars of science fiction.
6 Tips & Tricks For Writing Scene Transitions
In this post, we look at six tips and tricks for writing scene transitions, with examples, in your stories.
What Is Empathy? 40 Ways To Write About Empathy
What is empathy? Great characters either lack empathy or have loads of it. We have included things for you to consider when you write about
Don’t Commit These 9 Fiction-Writing Crimes
Have you ever encountered a story that was too clumsy, slow, or flat to finish reading? It is probably filled with fiction-writing crimes you should
Writers Talk 7 | Dialogue
Welcome to our podcast series, Writers Talk. In our seventh podcast, we talk about dialogue.
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