“If you don’t know it, don’t write it.” – Darrell Schweitzer“It’s better to write about things you feel than about things you know about.” – L. P. Hartley“And as to experience – well, t…
“Make it so good and so clear that it doesn’t need any further explanation.” – Shel Silverstein“Each thing you add to your story is a drop of paint falling into clear water; it spr…
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…
“If you don’t know it, don’t write it.” – Darrell Schweitzer“It’s better to write about things you feel than about things you know about.” – L. P. Hartley“And as to experience – well, t…
“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…
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…
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, …
Rob Bignell, Editor/Author
