8 Elements That Get Readers Invested in Your Story
Today’s guest post is by Stefan Emunds. Readers don’t just invest money but also time and effort. They suspend their…
12 Weeks to Writing Your 10 Key Scenes
Anyone who tells you that writing a novel is easy doesn’t know what they’re talking about. Plain and simple. Great…
The Secret Formula to Writing the Commercially Successful Novel
I’ve been writing novels for more than three decades, and while I have learned a lot about how unpredictable the…
5 Common Mistakes Writers Make That Sabotage Their Success
Today’s guest post is by Bella Mahaya Carter. I’m neither unique nor alone in having made mistakes as a writer…
Why Writers Should Take the Risk and De-Isolate
Today’s guest post is by Lou Normann Writers isolate. We do. We want to be alone, we need solitude, we…
Getting to the Heart of Why You Write What You Write
Understanding why you write what you write, and what brings joy to your writing, is key because if you are…
Considerations When Choosing Your Niche Genre
Amazon has many categories and subcategories for fiction, and if you upload your book into the Kindle store and choose…
The 6 Necessary Elements in Your Novel’s Opening Chapters
Writing a novel is a massive undertaking. It doesn’t matter if you’ve written one or thirty. And even after studying…
12 Questions to Ask Your Character to Bring Setting to Life
Too often, writers ignore setting. Look—we live in the physical world. We respond to and interact with every single setting…