The Writing Craft
Seductions and Promises – Writing Openings
The sweetest thing writers can hear is that our readers missed their bedtime because they couldn’t put our book down. The words on the page
The sweetest thing writers can hear is that our readers missed their bedtime because they couldn’t put our book down. The words on the page
Strong story ideas make strong stories. Is the idea for your story worth writing about? As a storyteller, I make my living as a tour
Writing the right details will help you craft more immersive, meaningful, and layered stories. If you’ve been writing very long, you’ll know the importance of
Use this checklist for writing your story, and you will write even stronger stories. David Farland was a best-selling author and contest judge for the
As many of you know, I judge stories for the Writers of the Future contest. Today I want to talk about those stories that get
Often as writers, we put a lot of our focus on the starting, climax, and middle of a story, and the denouement or falling action
Last night, a new writer who is preparing his first novel asked, “When do I begin approaching agents?” I get that question at least once
Dialog tags help the reader know who is speaking the dialog. Recently, I shared how you could write bad dialog in your stories. The truth
The Influence Character is one of the most important roles in your character cast. It is third only to the protagonist and antagonist. The term
Writing bad dialog is almost an art form unto itself. Recently I read a couple of stories where it felt as if the author was
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