How Specifics Make Your Stories Universal | Writers In The StormBy Tiffany Yates MartinNov 23, 2020Nov 23, 2020
4 Story Weaknesses That Lead to a Sagging Middle | Jane FriedmanPhoto credit: ce2de2 on Visual hunt / CC BY-NCNov 9, 2020Nov 9, 2020
How to Know When to Quit WritingI started writing almost from the moment I knew how, wanting even as a little kid to give voice to the worlds that lived in my head, to…Nov 4, 2020Nov 4, 2020
The Only Way We WinI write this as the country — maybe the world — waits on the results of the contentious 2020 U.S. election. Like a lot of my friends I’m…Nov 4, 2020Nov 4, 2020
Mining Your Main Characters: Working Backward to Create Compelling ProtagonistsReaders don’t care what’s happening unless we care who it’s happening to.Aug 27, 2020Aug 27, 2020
Setting Your Stories Amid a Pandemic WorldProbably the concern I hear most from authors these days is some variation of, “What do we do about coronavirus?” Not in real life (by now…Aug 25, 2020Aug 25, 2020
How to Fix a Sagging Story MiddleIs there anything more thrilling for the creative soul than starting a shiny new story? That sexy little minx seduces you effortlessly…Aug 14, 2020Aug 14, 2020
Why You Shouldn’t Write Like an EditorRecently I spent an exhilarating hour and a half talking to an author about editing — not his manuscript specifically, but the concept of…Aug 11, 2020Aug 11, 2020
To Keep Writing, Know Why You WriteIf someone told you right now that you’d never be published, or that wherever you are as a writer now is the most you would ever…Jul 24, 2020Jul 24, 2020