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...

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...

A somewhat abbreviated version of National Novel Writing Month, which takes place every November, Camp NaNo is a severely underrated...

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

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...

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

I recently had the honor of interviewing Livia Blackburne, the author of one of my favorite novels: Midnight Thief. Before I get into the...

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...

In honor of Valentine’s day, I wanted to dedicate this week’s post to romance tropes. Almost every young adult novel has a romantic...

All writers know that feeling… when you want to write, and you know you want to write, but you don’t know what to write about. Finding...

We’re nearing the end of the first month of the new year. If you had any writing-related resolutions, you may now be realizing that you...

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,...

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...