The Headlines are Only Half the Story
You may have heard about the Silk Road scandal in Time magazine, Wired magazine, or any of a hundred other places. Curtis Green took a
David Farland
August 31, 2016
David Farland: Story Doctor Writing Tips
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Writing a Bestselling Series, Chapter 16: Finishing the Series
When I opened the Runelords series, I knew that I didn’t want one of those endless book series that just kept stringing the reader
David Farland
August 30, 2016
Writing a Bestselling Series, Chapter 15: On Molding New Writers
When you’re a writer, there are a lot of jobs in the field that are somewhat related. I’ve worked on videogames and movies, edited computer
David Farland
August 25, 2016
Be Precise
When you’re telling a story, they say that “God is in the details.” In other words, the more details you feed your reader, the easier
David Farland
August 18, 2016
Writing a Bestselling Series, Chapter 14: Choosing my Covers
In 1998 and 1999, I found myself in an odd place. I had advised one of my publishers to push Harry Potter big, and I
David Farland
August 17, 2016
Get Writers of the Future for $.99
Dear folks, Just wanted to post a little note to say that Amazon has this year’s Writers of the Future anthology on sale for only
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August 15, 2016
Writing a Bestselling Series, Chapter 13: Strange Reviews
Most writers kill their own careers. For decades now I’ve studied promising new writers, and sometimes after a writer makes a great debut, a few
David Farland
August 9, 2016
Creating a Sense of Wonder in Fantasy
There are all kinds of fantasy novels. If you’re a genre writer, the first one that you might think of is Sword and Sorcery, or
David Farland
July 28, 2016
Accepting Responsibility for Your Writing Career
Like many of you, when I began writing I started a couple of novels but soon discovered that there was a lot more to writing than
David Farland
July 21, 2016
Setting Writing Goals to Finish Your Book
For over thirty years now, I’ve been setting writing goals. As a youngster, they were often unrealistic, of course. “I’m going to write forty pages
David Farland
July 14, 2016
Writing a Bestselling Series, Chapter 12: Audience Analysis Pays Off Big
My first fantasy novel took off in a way that I had hoped, and I suddenly found myself with a number of opportunities. First, I
David Farland
July 12, 2016
Finding Courage
A good friend of mine wrote five novels before he got the courage to submit one to a publisher. (It was a great book, and
David Farland
July 7, 2016
Writing a Bestselling Series, Chapter 11: Taking the Plunge
From the time that I was a teen, I’d wanted to write a fantasy series. In fact, my first two attempts at fiction writing were
David Farland
July 5, 2016
Dream Sequences
Most editors will warn you against writing too many dream sequences. The problems in writing about dreams are multitudinous. Very often, a new author will
David Farland
June 30, 2016
Writing a Bestselling Series, Chapter 10: Agents, Editors, and Writers
Most new writers dream of getting a high-powered agent and editor, and as a new author I was no different. As an older writer, I’m
David Farland
June 28, 2016
