David Farland: Story Doctor Writing Tips

I’d like to talk a bit about how to deal with criticism that you disagree with. There are a lot of reasons that people will

I heard it again last week, the theory that “villains and heroes are both the same, they see themselves as the protagonists of their own

Recently I saw a news story where an elderly basketball fan for the Utah Jazz was given gifts by some players. The woman, at age

Many new writers when they start a tale will concern themselves with the “narrative thread” of the story, or the plot line. Here’s a definition

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

Are you ready to push your writing to the next plateau? Here’s your chance: Dave will be starting two separate 10-week writing courses on March

There is an old saying among people who produce goods: consumers want things done cheap, done now, and done well—but as a creator, you can

Many authors enter the field rather slowly, much as if they were going swimming in a lake. They like to stick a toe into the

I am currently in Denver but thought I would share some of the checklists I use to make sure my stories are “up to snuff.”

There’s great value in taking a dispassionate look at your recent draft of a novel and assigning a description. When I was younger, I used

Right now I’m editing a novel that is about 200,000 words long but her agent wants the book to be closer to 100,000 words, so

Identifying Your Book’s Target Audience Tuesday I explained a little bit about how the term “resonance” is used in literature. In music we use it

For the past few days I’ve been talking about how you can try to maximize the size of your audience for a novel. Today I’m

I mentioned in yesterday’s post three elements common to all of the bestselling movies and books of all time–the fact that ALL of them are