9 Tips for Choosing and Using the Right Point of View
• Most popular point of view types in storiesAmong the most important decisions a fiction writer can make is what point of view to use in a story. Point of view determines what aspects of a st…
Novice writers sometimes grow bored with using the word said over and over so decide to add dialogue tags. These are words such as exclaimed and asked that let re…
“For surely it is a magical thing for a handful of words, artfully arranged, to stop time.” – Jhumpa Lahiri“If a book is well written, I always find it too short.” – Jane Austen“It…
Sometimes we just need a little inspiration or encouragement to write – such as those moments when we’re uncertain if the manuscript we’re working on is any good or the moments wh…
• An outline is the gas that my creativity needs to drive down the writing road.• Why you can’t get your outline into words• Outline your scene when stuck on what to write
The moment you’ve self-published a book – presuming you’ve done nothing else to set up your business – you’re a sole proprietor. That’s right, you’ve started your own business, ipso facto!A sole pr…
When writing from a character’s point of view, authors should avoid the perception fallacy. This clunky kind of storytelling assumes that if a tale is being told from a specific character’s po…
“…All artists’ work is autobiographical. Any writer’s work is a map of their psyche. You can really see what their concerns are, what their obsessions are, and what interests them.” R…
“A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.” – Thomas Mann“C.S. Lewis compared himself as a writer to an adjective humbly striving to point other…
Rob Bignell, Editor/Author
