When I began writing, I wrote from the first person perspective. Lately, though, I’ve been experimenting with free indirect discourse . ...

I put the following together for my own use (I'm doing #NaNoWriMo this year), but I thought others might be interested as well so...

Today I want to explore the importance of honesty in writing. First, though, let's look at dishonesty and its effects. That's ri...

It doesn’t matter how well a story is structured, or how clever the writing is, if it isn’t clear to readers what the text is meant to...

Good Writing Patterns: Creating Emotion Hello! Welcome. Yesterday I talked about the importance of getting cause and effect right fo...

Suspension of disbelief is crucial to crafting an immersive story. If readers don’t believe in the story, they won’t keep reading. So ho...

Hi! Welcome back. A short post today. I’m not being lazy, I’m working on three much longer ones, but that’s for next week. Today, I thou...

When I’m putting together a writing prompt I think of the five Ws: Who, What, When, Where and Why. Who When you look at this beauti...

Yesterday, I posted about the six scenes every romance novel needs. Today I'm going to write about the five characters every romance...