Learning the rules can help you know when, where, and how to break them in the most creative way possible.
https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/dont-let-writing-rules-stifle-creativity/
Tag Archives: Plotting
7 Completely Mad Plot Methods You Never Thought Of Before
Stuck for a plot? Stuck in a plot with no way forward? Here are some thoughts on kickstarting your imagination from Writers Write.
https://writerswrite.co.za/7-completely-mad-plot-methods-you-never-thought-of-before/
Sparking Emotions in Your Readers
Evoking an emotional response to your writing in your readers is always the aim of an author. Here are some tips on how to do that from my friend Kathleen Freeman.
https://novelrocket.com/2017/12/sparking-emotions-in-your-readers.html/
Tips for How to Choose the Right Sentences – Helping Writers Become Authors
There is not anything more foundational to writing than choosing just the right words for your sentences. Here are some excellent tips on how to choose wisely.
Source: Tips for How to Choose the Right Sentences – Helping Writers Become Authors
One Way to Simultaneously Create Conflict and Suspense
Conflict and suspense are the key elements that no story can exist without. KM Weiland shares one way to create both at the same time.
https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/never-give-your-characters-what-they/
What’s The Difference Between A Commercial And A Literary Plot? – Writers Write
While I don’t think that it’s fair to call all non-literary plots commercial, I do think that people want different things in what they read today. Writers need to pay attention to the differences to attract the audience they want.
Source: What’s The Difference Between A Commercial And A Literary Plot? – Writers Write
6 Ways To Experiment In Short Stories
Writing short stories is a great way to build and flex your writing muscles. The short format also allows for experimentation in ways that longer forms do not.
First Drafts: 5 Things That are OK and 1 That’s Not
First drafts are notoriously messy things. That’s really okay but let’s look a little closer at some things about it that are okay, and one thing that is not.
7 Ways to Use NaNoWriMo to Make You a Better Writer All Year Long
Gaining and practicing skills that will serve you in the long term provides you with an invaluable leg up on the rest of your writing career. Here are seven that fit the bill.
4 Ways to Write Backstory That Matters
Backstory is one of those things that you really have to be careful with. You are in love with your characters and want your readers to love them just as much, But, how much is too much—or—too little?
https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/nanowrimo-outlining-how-much-backstory/
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