When it comes to Halloween night, there is one occurrence that is inevitable for virtually everyone: trick-or-treaters. Giggling children, donned in costumes ranging from cute to terrifying, will be knocking on our doors and asking for candy. Every…
After the arduous process of writing, editing, revising, and re-revising your book, one of the final considerations for first-time authors is whether or not to use a pen name. There are many possible reasons an author may find an advantage when…
Writers of fiction books often make the mistake of assuming they won’t need to do much research. You’re making stuff up anyway, right? What’s a little more embellishment? But the truth is, different genres of fiction require research in…
A plot point involves an event that directly impacts what happens next in your story. It’s a common mistake for writers to misunderstand both what a plot point involves and how to communicate it to their readers. Rather than try to tell your…
Name: Zane Stuart Hometown: Boca Raton, FL Book Title: Freddie The Fruit Fly Genre: Children’s Dorrance Publishing (DP): Describe your book in 10 words or less. Zane…
We’ve already covered how the difficulty of writing action scenes is often underestimated. In order to improve your action scene writing abilities, one of the most…
One common misconception about writing is that action scenes are easy. You only need to focus on action, you don’t need to worry about character arc, plot, dialogue, and many other storytelling devices that you have to keep in mind while writing…
Not only do animal characters serve as a great exercise in showing rather than telling, but they can be used in a story for many purposes. They can highlight certain…
