WRITING TIPS

Observation is the key to good writing. Whether you write realistic fiction or high fantasy or anything in between, grounding aspects of...

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...

“Everyone is the hero of their own story,” said John Barth. Most people are intrinsically aware of this, but many writers are averse to...

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...

After three years of writing, rewriting, and stressing, my debut novel The Prisons of Magic launched this Tuesday. The journey to get...

Writing involves a lot more than just writing. One thing we all have to think about at some point is: where do we write? It’s easy to...

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

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

Literary Magazines, or LitMags, are—you guessed it—magazines exhibiting literature. They vary in type and size, catering to different...

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...

If you’re interested in launching a writing club, setting up an Instagram writing account, or simply motivating your friends to write,...

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...

Happy Pride Month! In honor of pride month, this week’s post talks about the importance of diversity in literature and how to incorporate...

Stakes are the lifeblood of every story. If there’s nothing at stake for the characters, there’s nothing at stake for the readers. If...

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...