Fiction Articles
Short Story Writing
- What is a short story?
- How do you get started?
- The first draft
- Clear-cut versus obscure
- Beware of the Twilight Zone Ending
- To make a long story short
- Writing about real life events
- Using articles for ideas
- Narrative structure
- The second draft
- Fleshing out your world
- The Law of Diminishing Randomness
Character Building
- Defining Characters By Their Roles
- A Day in the Life
- Possessions
- Biography
- Interview
- Brainstorming
- Building a Character Using Multiple Perspectives
- 12 Questions
- Basing Characters on Real People
- Character Bio Sheets
Revising Your Novel
- Read through the first draft
- Perform a light edit
- Create a chronology
- Edit as you read
- Create an information guide
- Create a new roadmap for revision
- Add and revise scenes
- Edit with an eye towards continuity
- Have someone read and review your novel
- Start over
Exercises
Craft / Tips
- Want to Write a Novel Badly? Here’s How!
- Read It Out Loud
- Lean stories get published
- Earn Your Ending
- Explaining the Unreliable Narrator
- Dialog as a Tool for Communication and Division
- Creating Memorable Characters
- Building Characters Through Adversity
- Overcoming Barriers to Self Expression
- More on Self Expression: Keep writing!
- What is an Allegory?
General Articles
- Want to Write a Novel Badly? Here’s How!
- Six Ways to Jump Start a Stalled Novel
- Six Tips for Writing Descriptions
- Six Quick Tips For Starting Your Story
- Six Quick Tips on Character Names
- Formatting a Short Story for Submission to a Potential Publisher
- How do you write a role-playing character biography?
- Mainstream Erotica?
