Writing – Tools, Tips & Resources – Page 11

Finding the Beats: Plotting for Pantsers

Do you ever get a book idea in your head but don’t know where it’s going? Do you find that you have a saggy middle?

When sixteen-year-old Greta Thunberg says to adults, “Our house is on fire,” and “Our lives are in your hands,” we must listen. And act. How?

Whenever, however, and wherever you choose to insert dialogue tags, it helps to know the punctuation rules!

Are you overwhelmed with your writing TO-DO list? Do you feel like there’s more to do that you can do? Sadly, this is something that

A friend once told me that if she didn’t have to write, if there weren’t stories building themselves in her head constantly, her life would

Every field has its own jargon — words, terms, and acronyms that sound like a whole special language. Publishing is no exception. What’s a newbie

Guest Post by Lynne Marie Happy 4th of July, Everyone! I’ll start out with an admission — I write books about holidays. Now, the surprising

Have you ever opened up a fantasy novel and found yourself lost in the gorgeous map on the first pages? Have you found yourself falling

By Naomi Milliner If I had a dollar (okay, maybe a hundred) for every time someone advised, “Write what you know,” I could buy a

By Kristine Carlson Asselin This is what Wikipedia says about Memory: Memory is the faculty of the brain by which information is encoded, stored, and

You can find a lot of bad advice in the publishing world. You can also find a lot of well-intentioned advice that has been taken

Baking a 7 layer cake is like writing a story. You have so many tempting and tasty choices to make, and each new layer builds

I write fantasy adventures, but I’m not adventurous when it comes to writing tools. I’ve always been a Microsoft Word person. And even with Word,

Racing through the mall Voice croaking like a frog Wishing you were home sweet home Perusing your favorite blog! Is it my imagination, or does

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