Forming Your Strategic Vision for Your Writing Career
We’re continuing our dive into strategic planning, looking at a series of posts I wrote ten years ago that are…
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The 4 Things You Need for Writing Success
It’s that time of year again! I’m bringing back the series of posts I wrote nearly ten years ago to…
5 World-Building Tips to Write a Captivating Novel
Today’s guest post is by Dario Villirilli. In storytelling, world building is the process of constructing an (often imaginary) world…
How to Write When You Don’t Want To: An Uncommon Approach
Today’s guest post is by Michelle Boyd. It’s early. The apartment is quiet. My calendar’s clear and my phone’s on…
Bringing Setting to Life through Your Characters’ Emotions
Here’s a post I wrote some years ago that is worth revisiting! One of the reasons readers willingly immerse themselves…
Use Sensory Detail to Bring Setting to Life
Fiction writers often ignore setting. Or it’s casually brushed over as if the writer begrudgingly knows something ought to be…
Writing about Difficult Emotional Experiences
Writing novels can take us on a heavy emotional journey, depending on what we’re writing about and why. Certainly memoirs…
Tips on How to Bring Setting to Life in Your Fiction
Settings in fiction are often in the background—literally. Characters are talking and doing things, but readers get merely a glimpse…
Why Setting Is a Powerful Tool in the Writer’s Toolbox
This month I’m launching my new online video course: Crafting Powerful Settings. Here’s the intro to the course. If you…
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