Writing Inspiration: Getting Outside Support

Do you dream of becoming a writer but always have an excuse for not actually writing? If you’re excuse is “There’s no one to critique my writing for me to get better,” think again. Join a writ…

Inventing Reality Editing Service
Writing Inspiration: Focus on the Present

Focus on the present by taking note of what you do as writing. Note the feel of the pencil in your hand or hear the taps of the keys as you type. Concentrate on the words you add, as if hearin…

Inventing Reality Editing Service
Writing Inspiration: Getting Outside Support

Do you dream of becoming a writer but always have an excuse for not actually writing? If you’re excuse is “There’s no one to critique my writing for me to get better,” think again. Join a writ…

Inventing Reality Editing Service

The Flesh Betrays: A Definitive Guide to Body Horror Fiction
https://boldly.blue/body-horror-fiction-definitive-guide/

A guide to body horror fiction from its philosophical origins, its 4 distinct creative approaches (psychological, erotic, feminist, political) & 5 essential texts.

#BodyHorror #HorrorFiction #Kafka #CliveBarker #HanKang #AgustinaBazterrica #CarmenMariaMachado #LiteraryHorror #SpeculativeFiction #LiteraryAnalysis #TheMetamorphosis #TheHellboundHeart #novelist #writers #screenwriters
#authors

The Flesh Betrays: A Definitive Guide to Body Horror Fiction - David Somerfleck | Science Fiction Author

A definitive guide to body horror fiction — its philosophical origins in Frankenstein and Kafka, its four distinct creative approaches (psychological, erotic, feminist, political), five essential texts from The Metamorphosis to Tender Is the Flesh, its social critique dimensions from gender to capitalism to race, and six craft principles for writers entering the tradition. When the body is the monster, nothing is safe.

David Somerfleck
Five Great Quotations on What is a Writer

“Writers, like elephants, have long, vicious memories. There are things I wish I could forget.” – William S. Burroughs“Writing is…being able to take something whole and fierce…

Inventing Reality Editing Service
12 Plot Pitfalls – And How to Rescue Your Story from Them

• Shoo the rhinoceros out of your the room• Delete authorisms• Crack a joke – but only for a good reasonUnfortunately, a lot of novice writers don’t quite know when to inject humor into their ficti…

Inventing Reality Editing Service
11 Tips to Choosing the Right Point of View

• What is point of view in a story? Every story has an angle or perspective from which it is told. This perspective is called point of view.• Heighten tension with consistent point of view Selectin…

Inventing Reality Editing Service
How NOT to Create a Protagonist

You can have the greatest plot in the world, discuss a deep, universal theme, and write crisp, taut sentences, but if the reader can’t connect to your protagonist, the story will fall flat. Si…

Inventing Reality Editing Service
Don’t let characters chew the furniture

Among the biggest mistakes novice authors can make with their characters is having them over-emote their situations. When doing so, the writer is said to be making the craftsmanship error of “…

Inventing Reality Editing Service
Five Great Quotations about Characters

“In displaying the psychology of your characters, minute particulars are essential. God save us from vague generalizations!” – Anton Chekhov“…and then to give us the stories o…

Inventing Reality Editing Service