Setting Your Own Standards of Excellence
I’ve been looking at the business practices of many of our authors and felt pretty overwhelmed by just how nasty things have gotten.
Don’t Use Sock Puppets
What is a sock puppet, and why do people create them?
Super Writers’ Tuesday Presents…
All writers need to take time to recharge their creative battery when they’re worn out.
David Farland at FanX!
David Farland will be at FanX this September 2021!
MICE
Many new writers struggle with characterization. If you’re trained in the literary mainstream, you’re taught that stories are about characters. In other words, the character is the “focus” of the story. That’s simply not true. Some stories do focus on characters, but many of the best tales don’t.
The World’s Most Important Book Reviewer
The most important reviewer in the world, as far as your friends are concerned, is you!
Keeping Writers as Pets
Very often, I get asked, “What can I do to support my child/spouse/family member as a writer?”
Keeping it Fresh
When you’re writing a long novel, sometimes as a writer you feel that you are getting stuck in a rut, that your prose has become repetitious, so it is important to find little ways to vary your work.
4 WAYS TO OVERCOME WRITER’S BLOCK
Many writers never have a problem with writer’s block, and so we sometimes say, “There’s no such thing.” But that’s not quite right. The truth is, there are various reasons why people feel “blocked,” which makes it hard sometimes to figure out why a writer is having problems.
Negative Description
Sometimes when describing a thing, it is almost easier to describe what it is not.