WRITING TIPS

If you are an avid reader, you know how easy it is to fall down a rabbit hole over the significance of one sentence or chapter. The same...

Whether or not deep third deserves to be its own POV is a subject of controversy among writers. After all, we are always taught three...

In elementary school, we learn about Freytag’s diagram, the supposed general outline of every plot in the universe. The idea is: a story...

The process to publish my novel was long and involved a lot of steps I didn’t expect until I reached them. So, here is an overview of the...

Writers tend to fall into two categories: underwriters and overwriters. No, there’s no category for the perfect writer because it is...

Last week, I focused on story endings, but before every ending comes a beginning. A strong hook is an important part of all stories....

With the end of the year just around the corner, I wanted to spend this post focusing on story endings. Like everything with writing,...

Stories are defined by their genres—often more so than their characters or their plot. Whether you want to publish your story or simply...

A week after the end of NaNoWriMo, you may have a 50,000-word novel lying around. What next? While revising and editing may seem...

What makes a good story? Yes, you need characters and plotlines that intrigue your readers. But, importantly, setting is also one of the...

Without a plot, a story doesn’t exist. But with only one plot, a good story rarely exists. That’s why subplots exist. This week’s post is...

I previously wrote about literary magazines and their submission process. However, in many general literary magazines that accept...

Screenwriting—the art of writing screenplays for films or TV shows—can be really exciting. It’s a great way to exercise your description...

You finish your novel. Now what? While it can be tempting to send it to editors right away or even jump to literary agents, there’s an...

Think of three books. Odds are, at least one of them is part of a series. Book series give readers more of what they love, while letting...

Experimentation is the key to great writing, so it's important to sometimes step out of your comfort zone to give the reader more ways to...

Descriptions transport readers to another world or time. You may never have seen Camp Half-Blood or Ketterdam or Narnia (we’re pretending...

A little laughter goes a long way when your characters and readers are stressing about an impending war. Almost every genre can do with a...

While the beginning of a story sets up the world, people, and themes, the end wraps it all together. It’s either a reward or a punishment...

It’s really easy to put down a book after reading a few pages, but it becomes increasingly more difficult to do so as you go on. Once...