National Novel Writing Month, NaNoWriMo is Here
Every November something strange happens. Thousands of writers hunker down, writing until their fingers cramp and their eyes blur. A few stagger from their homes, blinking at the now foreign sun, to...
Video Inspiration: Ray Bradbury and his Road to Publication
Ray Bradbury talks about rejection and acceptance in the short story market where he got his start. Plus, you get to watch him walk around his house in shorts!
Book Review: Techniques of the Selling Writer by Dwight Swain
Techniques of the Selling Writer by Dwight V. Swain is one of those books every writer interested in creative write (aka fiction) really has to read. Unfortunately, due to the density of the prose,...
How to Write a Scene, Article Three- Show Motivation with Sequel
Article Three in How to Write a Scene - Show Motivation with Sequel by Lori Devoti, a How To Write Fiction Series. Sequel Defined: (Swain, Techniques of the Selling Writer) “A sequel is a...
How to Write a Scene, Article Two, Scene Structure: Goal, Conflict, Disaster
Article Two in How to Write a Scene, Scene Structure: Goal, Conflict, Disaster by Lori Devoti, a How To Write Fiction Series. Goal, Conflict, Disaster is the basic scene structure of every good...
How to Write a Scene– Article 1: Scenes in fiction
Article One in How to Write a Scene, Scenes in Fiction by Lori Devoti, a How To Write Fiction Series. When I first started writing I sat through a number of workshops where multi-published NY...
