Your writing time is when you really get things done, and make progress with your pieces. This means that in order for you to be an effective writer, you will need to make the most of this time. To do this, it’s a good idea to have a game plan in place. This means that… Continue reading Getting the most out of your writing time
Your writing can be close to your heart, and extremely personal. However, this doesn’t mean that you won’t need to reach for content that is outside of your comfort zone. In fact, it’s highly likely that you will need to do so at some point in your career. There may be a ton of topics… Continue reading Researching fiction
You want to write in order to share a story with the world. While it would be nice to put yourself out there and have your work be well-received by all who can get their hands on it, it’s more likely that some people will better suited to being your readers than others. The group… Continue reading Choosing an audience
Your life as a writer involves building a lot of worlds for your characters to populate. Maybe some of these are like our own, but others may be very different. Regardless, you will need to determine the most effective way to tell your story to the reader, and a fair amount of this will involve… Continue reading World Building Basics
You love to write, and you relish the idea of taking a seat at your desk and pounding out a good story. However, it can be easy for other parts of your life to get in the way of this. To make sure you keep writing, you will need to make this part of your… Continue reading How to keep life from getting in the way of your writing
You have an idea, and you can’t wait to flesh it out a bit. Maybe you have a simple premise that you are getting ready to make into something amazing, or maybe you have details hammered out already. Whatever step you are at the process, you will have to check for plausibility along the way.… Continue reading Creating rules in a fictional world
There are a lot of things to write about, and some subjects will jump out at you and beg for your attention. Others will require a bit more discipline to get out of you, and still, there will be those subjects that none of us would like to write about but yet still need to… Continue reading Writing about tough topics
