Writing

David Farland on 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

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 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?”

Super Writers’ Tuesday! Finding the Motivation to Write

Today’s question comes from an Instagram user who asks, “Where can I find the motivation to write?”

Horror, the Art of Scaring People (Guest Post)

Horror—the art of scaring people.

Or is it? Is horror really the experience of having someone put in inexplicable peril with no obvious way out?

How to Win Writing Contests—and Big Publishing Contracts

THE ONE WITH ALL THE LISTS When I was in college, I wrote a story and—on the advice of my professor—entered it into a competition. It won third place, and as I considered my fifty dollars, I realized that I had made over twice the minimum wage writing that story. So I wondered, “If I […]