“‘Writer’s block’ is just a fancy way of saying ‘I don’t feel like doing any work today.’” – Meagan Spooner“I’ve always said ‘Writer’s Block’ is a myth. There is no such thing as writer’…
When telling a story, you’ve got to have conflict in it. If there’s no conflict, you have a wooden story that starts nowhere, leads nowhere and ends nowhere. As E.M. Forester noted, “‘The…
No doubt your story will include dialogue in which characters speak to one another. Unfortunately, too many beginning writers drag their story into a furrow of tedium by poorly handling dialog…
Two ideas closely related to voice are mood and tone.In every story, the author creates an emotional atmosphere – so that a reader might say, “The story felt very solemn” or “Th…
Many readers enjoy books in which they attempt to solve the story’s central problem before the main character does. To add to such readers’ pleasure, authors sometimes will create “diversions”…
Every story is told from someone’s perspective. This someone is known as the viewpoint character.For example, in “The Matrix” movie series, the story is seen through the perspective of Neo, th…
Have you ever read a book where the author suddenly jolted you out of the storyline with an aside or comment that just doesn’t flow with the rest of the work? When the book’s writer – ra…
Every story is told from someone’s perspective. This someone is known as the viewpoint character.For example, in “The Matrix” movie series, the story is seen through the perspective of Neo, th…
When buying a book – whether online or at a bookstore – most people check out the cover, read the back cover blurb, and then open to the first page. Kudos to you for getting the reader that fa…
Rob Bignell, Editor/Author
