Writing Tips: How to Feed Your Readers

feeding readers

As writers, we often struggle to learn how to entertain readers, to hook them into our stories, to please wide audiences, to keep them hanging onto our every word.

Writing the Impossible

impossible

When I fell in love with the idea of writing novels, it was after reading my favorite novel of all time. I thought, I want to write stories like that, not realizing how big my dream really was.

Putting Emotional Twists in Your Tales

Surprised reader

When you’re writing a book, it’s important to take control of your reader’s emotions. You do this by creating sounds, images, or actions. Each time you create an emotional experience, it’s called an emotional beat.

The Curse of the Blank Page

blank page

Every new writer, and quite a few old ones, is familiar with that sinking feeling that happens when you start a new tale and wonder, “Where do I begin?”

Taking Criticism

Taking Criticism as an author

An author has to take criticism as part of his job. That isn’t always easy. After all, if you get too much criticism, a couple of things happen.

David Farland on Become A Writer Today

Become A Writer Today

“There’s 10,000 right ways to write any story, but there’s a million wrong ways.”Learn How to Build a Lasting Writing Career with me, David Farland.

Dealing with Criticism

Dealing with Criticism as an author

I’ve been talking about how to deal with criticism, and I’d like to talk a bit about how to deal with criticism that you disagree with. There are a lot of reasons that people will dislike your work that have nothing to do with your work.

Making the Most of Nanowrimo

national novel writing month

National Novel Writing Month starts the first of November, and a couple of times in the past week I’ve had people ask, “How can I make the most of nanowrimo?”