Here's another creative writing prompt for your 750 words, a challenge to write 750 words each day Continue Reading
January 12, 2012
Photo Prompt: Think Like a Writer
For 750words today, your creative writing prompt is to take a picture, or find an interesting Continue Reading
January 10, 2012
Scenes: Think Like a Writer
To think like a writer, you must learn to write in scenes as one of the basic creative writing Continue Reading
October 26, 2011
12 Writing Fiction Checklists
Need to know how well your writing, editing and revisions are going? Here's a variety of checklists Continue Reading
April 18, 2011
Developing Plot
It's confirmed: I am not a character writer, able to start with a character and "see where the Continue Reading
April 13, 2011
3 Tips for Novel Chapters
How long should a chapter be? Long enough, but not too long. Wishy-washy answer, yes? OK, then, Continue Reading
March 31, 2011
Facts that Hurt
Not "Just" Facts: Information that Evokes Story I'm in that shadowy world of researching things for Continue Reading
January 11, 2011
Personality: Creating Real Characters
Let Psychology Help you Create Characters How do you create real characters? Do they arrive full Continue Reading
January 3, 2011
Are Your Novel Ideas Fresh Enough?
In 2011, there will be four debut novels published from authors who attended my Novel Revision Continue Reading
October 11, 2010
Literary Conversations: What Can You Add?
Exploring Issues through Story This weekend, I read Kenneth Oppel’s new book, Half Continue Reading