• How to arrange a public book reading/signingJust because you’ve published a book, don’t expect to get invitations to do book readings. You’ll have to arrange them yourself. The good news is you’l…
Quick Tip: Do characters’ actions arise from their needs?
When editing drafts of your manuscript, examine how your characters’ motivations are presented as the story unfolds. Do their actions and decisions arise from those needs? If not, readers won’…
Descriptive scenes of places, characters or the time period in stories ought to be relevant to the plot. Such scenes should provide details that molds the reader’s understanding of the charact…
“A writer is someone who has taught their mind to misbehave.” – Oscar Wilde“Why write? To write. To make something.” – Claude Simon“When I am writing I am doing the thing I was mea…
A great way to generate money from your book writing is by offering webinars.You’ve probably heard of and even attended seminars. A webinar is exactly the same, except it’s done over the Internet.S…
As your main character attempts to resolve the story’s central problem, he should suffer reversals. Reversals occur when the main character’s effort to solve the crisis actually worsens the situati…
Among the lesser used yet most powerful of point of views is first-person minor. This point of view occurs when the narrator is in the story but is not the protagonist. It can be identified by…
Unless you’re a deft writer or have one incredible editor, resist the urge to shift back and forth in time from scene to scene. Instead, tell the story as it unfolds chronologically. That is, …
Do you sometimes find yourself saying, “This has all been done before” as writing a draft? You’re probably right. How can your plot, setting and characters differ from those in the books you’ve enj…
Rather than subordinating one plot to other – that is, rather than make one a subplot – why not treat them with equal importance? When two dramatic plots occur at the same time in a story, usu…
Rob Bignell, Editor/Author
