Point of view, it seems so simple, but it is so easy to screw up, and if you do, all your other hard work plotting and building characters may be for naught as your reader, frustrated with not knowing whose head they are in, flings your book across the room. There are...
Today, I thought we'd use objects from our shared past and our memories around those objects as writing prompts. Below is a list of things to stir your memories as writing prompts. Last Memorial Day, I was going into the grocery store with my son. Standing outside the...
How to write a romance? Contrary to what some people seem to think, writing a romance is no easier than writing any other type of book. In fact, if writing romance and relationships doesn’t come naturally to you, it may be harder than writing any other type of book....
All stories (books and screenplays) have information that needs to be told. Often it is boring information. Too often writers solve this with a big old info dump that no one wants to read. Should you just leave the information out? Maybe. Often the reader doesn't need...
A while back I did a post on how to format an ebook with Microsoft Word as your starting place. Since writing that I discovered a great tip that makes the process even easier, how to save italics when you have to strip all formatting from the original file. If you...
Welcome to our new series for 2012, Making a Living: One Writer's Story, which we hope will give you ideas on how you can make a living as a writer if your writing alone isn't paying all the bills. Today's guest is Maryann Miller! First, can you tell us a bit about...
Today, I am really excited to talk with Harriet Smart, half of the team responsible for my favorite writing program software, Writer's Cafe. Can you tell us how the idea for Writer's Café came into being? Julian and I are a husband and wife business team so we had...
I love writing and productivity tools! Doesn't matter if they are for the actual writing or the business of writing. I love discovering good ones, and I have four great ones for you today. Writing Tools for Taxes Mileage Bug – It’s tax time at the Devoti house, which...
Head hopping. You've probably heard the term, but have you been accused of it? Do you know what head hopping is and why you want to avoid it? How to avoid it? When you sit down to write a story, you can start a lot of places—plot, character, setting—but very early you...
