Dealing with Editors
An editor can be your best friend or your worst enemy. In truth, I don’t think that you want him or her to be either.
An editor can be your best friend or your worst enemy. In truth, I don’t think that you want him or her to be either.
“I’d heard enough tales of the publishing industry to decide that I didn’t want to put in the effort of writing a book only to
Lately I’ve had several people ask for tips on how to write antiheroes. So my first question is, “How ‘bad’ is your antihero?” An antihero
If you really want to write wretched dialog, you should consider working on your dialog tags. Here are a few options that you might not
I see a lot of trends in today’s literature. Perhaps the biggest one is that every writer seems to be in a rush. Many new
For some authors, it is enough to try to make big bucks, but most of us would like to deliver a powerful message at times,
Have you ever seen a talented new writer rise to seeming stardom, only to crash and burn within a couple of years? I recall being
In his book on screenwriting, George Lucas briefly discusses the difference in approach between writing a movie or a book. Since this question lies at
A couple of years ago, I read that over a quarter of a million people participate in NaNoWriMo each year, yet it seems to me
by Kevin J. Anderson National Novel Writing Month is coming up! November, when the air turns colder, winter looms, time to stay inside and write
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