This continues my post from Friday on how to create vivid characters . How does your hero fulfill his/her need? What's his/her ...

Chuck Wendig has outdone himself this time.  I know I've said this before--often--but this is one of the best posts on character de...

Last month, as I thought about the writing sprint that is NaNoWriMo, I thought about Dan Wells' seven point system for story creati...

In this article I explore several plot wheels and examine how they can be used to generate ideas during NaNoWriMo (or anytime!). But, f...

As I mentioned the other day, I'm putting a book together from posts I've written over the years. Yesterday I found one languish...

Here is the second and final part of this two part micro-series on how to write a murder mystery. To read part one click here: How To Wr...

I've never written a murder mystery, but I've always wanted to. I fell in love with detection and murder in grade nine when my...

Deborah Chester was one of Jim Butcher's writing teachers ( she's still a professor over at the University of Oklahoma ), one h...

Today I'm going to talk about how to craft a story so that not only will the average reader find the ending satisfying but you&#...

Here's how to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days: write one word at a time, one after the other. (Underwhelmed? Hang on, let me un...