Feel your story is bloated or confused? Maybe that was your last story, and you don’t want the same to happen again. Try these easy techniques to keep your plot on track. Read more…
Metaphors and similes are wonderful tools in the writer’s belt. But what is going on in the brain that makes them so useful? Read more…
“Show don’t tell” is a writing maxim as tired as “write what you know”, or “writers write”. But it seems whenever it’s mentioned the writer tells you to take the rule with a pinch of salt or flat out ignore it altogether! What’s the deal? Read more…
Ah, editing! Be you ever so rife with problems! So in this post we have more editing woes, this time about decisions made in the first draft that seemed convenient, but didn’t serve the story. How they were solved and how they could have been avoided below… Read more…
Do you have editing fatigue? Trouble getting motivated? Can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel? Try these three easy steps to pull you through that editing process! Read more…