short story writing – Page 3

March 16, 2022

Once you’ve found your character’s voice, how do you deepen it to make it memorable and engaging? This is the… Read More

March 7, 2022

While there are tons of ways of discovering your characters’ voices, the basic idea behind all of them comes down… Read More

February 28, 2022

When we’re writing our stories, we make deliberate decisions related to not just the big story event elements but the… Read More

February 23, 2022

I’m a reader before I’m a writer, so I crave better scenes in all the stories I come across. So,… Read More

February 19, 2022

I’ve joined up with best-selling authors like Jay Thorne, David Farland, and over a dozen others to participate in Writer’s… Read More

January 24, 2022

Small tweaks pinpointing body functions and reactions to events can make a line or moment go from being boring to… Read More

January 17, 2022

As writers, we have a tendency to just let it rip on the page. It’s what readers love, crave, and… Read More

January 12, 2022

Power up your fiction by creating characters that are relatable, real, and complex. Read More

December 31, 2021

The simplest way a lot of writers think about plot is as a series of events. This type of writing… Read More

December 30, 2021

All books go through a round of developmental editing. Because of the sheer nature of developmental editing, this is where… Read More