Analyze Your Audience Part 2
I took a lot of writing classes in college, and I think that in just about every one that I took, the professor pointed out
I took a lot of writing classes in college, and I think that in just about every one that I took, the professor pointed out
Recently I finished editing L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers and Illustrators of the Future, Volume 35, and in another week I’ll begin judging for next year’s anthology.
Many writers will recommend that as you edit your tale, you do a final read-through so that you can see how the story sounds. After
I got this question from Jim: “So much advice to writers is about suspense, or scene goals, or characters overcoming conflict. One published author told
Ernest Hemingway sometimes compared writing to a boxing match, and in a certain sense he was right. Whenever you step into a boxing ring, there’s
As a judge, I’ve just finished my second pass through the Writers of the Future contest stories for the first quarter, and several times I
The first thing that I seek in a great story is originality. You may not realize it, but the most common problem with stories is
Have you ever watched a butterfly in flight and tried to figure out where it will go next? The butterfly will soar three feet in
A writer once came to me saying that his critique group often tells him, “You’re almost there, but you need to take it up a
Many new writers don’t know when to stop polishing a manuscript and move on to the next. Part of the reason for that might have
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