Archive for February 2023
5 Ways to Quickly Improve Your Writing
If you want to improve your writing, then by far the best way to do it is to just write, and to do it a lot. There’s no magic quick fix for honing your own style and becoming comfortable with the entire process. But there are some habits and strategies that can make a dramatic…
Read MoreShort Writing Deadlines Can Boost Your Quality and Confidence. Here’s How
If you’ve read any of my previous blog posts, then you already know that I’m a huge advocate of not forcing writing if you’re just not feeling it. Forced writing shows its seams and almost always loses its luster. But let’s assume that you’re having a great day. The words are flowing faster than your…
Read MoreProtagonist and Antagonist: Why Morally Gray Is Good
In traditional writing, there’s often a clear protagonist and antagonist. The protagonist is the character (or idea) that represents everything good and right. The antagonist is the character (or idea) that represents everything bad and wrong. The story is, at the core, not about the characters at all, but whether good will triumph over evil.…
Read MoreChapter Titles in Your Books: Genius or Disaster?
Every fiction book has a title. That’s a given. But chapter titles? That’s messier. The case against chapter titles… Most fiction books I’ve read don’t use chapter titles. They use numbers. More specifically, writers generally put those numbers on the page as digits rather than words. But every writer is a little individual about it.…
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