Writing

Be Excited

The most productive writers, I’ve noticed, aren’t necessarily the ones with the most talent or the greatest skills. They may not be the most physically fit or even the most motivated. The most productive writers are the ones who get excited by their work.

Writing Tips: Motivation vs. Habit

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit keeps you going.

How to Write a Better Book: Finding the Poetics

How many new writers take the proper care with their words? How many truly listen?

Writing Wonder the Audiobook

The audiobook release of Writing Wonder is coming soon.

Writing Tips: How to Feed Your 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

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

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

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?”