How Do You Write?
By that I mean, if you’re an outliner and plan out your novel in an organized manner, how involved is …
Tag Archives: Writing Tips
Why the Reader Is Your Co-Writer
Read this fantastic post from K.M. Weiland: Why the Reader Is Your Co-Writer.
The Unreliable Narrator – The Black Cat
‘I neither expect nor solicit belief.’ So begins The Black Cat, which – along with The Tell-Tale Heart – constitute …
Does Every Scene Need a Cliffhanger?
This is a standard piece of advice you read in articles talking about how a writer structures their scenes and …
Poevelation
My manuscript is infested with semicolons. One of my beta readers, and close friends, was kind enough to point it …
Me, Poe, and the Short Story
I tend to read a lot of Poe in general, but I have zoomed in on his work of late …
Make a Scene ~ The Sequence
In my outline on scenes, I gave an overview of what a scene comprises and how it generally proceeds. I …
Guest Post ~ JC Martin
Today I’m happy to welcome J.C. Martin who’s been on a whirlwind blog tour to celebrate the release of her …
Make a Scene ~ The Components
In my previous post, I gave a brief outline of The Scene, brushing on the components, purpose, and pattern or …
Make a Scene
We’ve heard it countless times before. The scene is the building block by which you construct a story. String enough …
