Writing an action scene isn’t as easy as it sounds sometimes. Take the fight scene, for example. It’s not enough to write “He punched the man in the face.” Your […]
Writing Good Action Scenes
Good actions scenes can be tricky. You want to show enough of the action to give a vivid image, but not get bogged down in description. To start with, you […]
Short-Short: The Snowflake Method
THIS is a great article on writing a novel by building it up like a snowflake.
Book Give-Away
10,000 Likes already! Wow, what a great bunch of fans you guys are. The lads are giving away some swag again – Chance is donating a deck of cards […]
Story/Character Arc
The arc of a story is the overall plot of the whole thing – from exposition to denouement. The character arc is how the character changes within that story. Your […]
The Point of No Return
Conflict is a necessary part of any story. Without conflict and tension, you’ve got a boring description and no story. Along with conflict, though, you must have character reaction. If […]
Writing Basics: Style
Style is an elusive element of fiction. It’s something everyone has, but not many people can fully define. Your style is based on several things: diction, sentence structure, detail, literary […]
Brainstorming 101
One of a writer’s best tools is brainstorming. But how exactly do you brainstorm effectively? Here are some tips: When to brainstorm: whenever anything happens or whenever your character has […]
Short-Shorts: Story Grid Foolscap
HERE’S some excellent advice from the folks over at Story Grid.
4 Tips for Great Conflict
Conflict or tension is a necessary element of storytelling. Without conflict, you don’t have a story. First, let’s hop over to Merriam-Webster and define our terms: Fight, battle, war a […]