David Farland’s Writing Tips: “Writing for a Living”
David Farland’s Writing Tips: “Writing for a Living” As Cicero put it over 2000 years ago, “Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents,
David Farland
July 10, 2020
David Farland: Story Doctor Writing Tips
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David Farland Writing Tips: Writing The Fight Scene
In many novels you will have a fight scene—everything from a verbal scuffle as two people break up to a major battle, and because this
David Farland
July 8, 2020
David Farland’s Writing Tips: “The One Great Story”
What stories affect you profoundly? Which ones are your favorites? If you had to make a list of the three most influential of stories, could
David Farland
July 6, 2020
David Farland’s Writing Tips: “Mental Toughness”
As writers, we’re faced with lots of different types of stresses. It’s not always just searching for the right word in a description or
David Farland
July 2, 2020
David Farland’s Writing Tips—Writing Superstars
When you begin writing, you go through different phases. As a “wannabe,” you may begin practicing writing as a hobby and start developing your
David Farland
June 30, 2020
David Farland’s Writing Tip: Touching Your Audience Deeply through Viewpoint
Almost every time a book is made into film, you will hear the comment over and over, “The book was better.” Some time ago
David Farland
June 27, 2020
David Farland’s Writing Tips: Opening Well
David Farland’s Writing Tips: Opening Well There’s a list of things that you need to open a story. In fact, depending upon the author you
David Farland
June 24, 2020
David Farland’s Writing Tips: Be Double-Minded
The Apostle James warned that “A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways.” For characters, being double-minded is a good thing. A
David Farland
June 22, 2020
David Farland’s Writing Tips—Building a Bookstore in Your Mind
Yesterday I happened to meet a nice gentleman who wants to be a writer. Specifically, ten years ago he got an idea for a novel,
David Farland
June 17, 2020
David Farland’s Writing Tips: Good News for Writers!
Over the past few weeks I’ve heard a lot of “worry” in the air. Writers have been talking about the Covid virus, worrying about recession,
David Farland
June 14, 2020
Writing Tips: Switching Gears
Sometimes as writers, when we give writing advice, we often give advice by telling “How I write” instead of “How to write.” This idea came to me strongly after I spoke on a podcast with the good folks at Writing Excuses.
David Farland
June 11, 2020
David Farland’s Writing Tips: One Tip for a Powerful Ending
A few days ago, I was thinking about the endings to stories and what they made me feel. In particular, I was wondering, “What makes
David Farland
June 8, 2020
David Farland Writing Tip: Writing Dystopias
A lot of people are wondering why dystopias are so popular. They haven’t realized that they’ve always been popular. In his book Writing the Blockbuster
David Farland
June 7, 2020
David Farland’s Writing Tip-“The Shiver Test”
When you’re brainstorming a new story, how do you know that it will be good? Recently a young writer presented me with an outline
David Farland
June 5, 2020
What’s Good Writing?
Last week I heard from a young writer who had written several books and self-published them, but he said that he looked at his books one day and realized that they “weren’t really written to professional standards,” so he took them offline and decided to start over. He wanted to write books of higher literary quality, and so he rededicated himself to his craft.
David Farland
June 2, 2020
