5 Story Tropes We’re Ready to Leave Behind
It's not that these story ideas are bad. They've just been done before, and we frequently see pitches featuring these…
3 Writing Podcasts to Motivate You
Here are some of our favourite podcasts that can encourage you, give you insight into authorship, and help you…
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Writing Dialogue
One of the reasons dialogue writing is tricky? It's not written like normal speech.
How to Write a Gripping First Sentence
Not everyone can be J.R.R. Tolkien with "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit," after all.
The Goal Every Writer Should Have in 2019
This may require some reflection on the content you've produced in the past year and accepting constructive criticism…
5 Book Genre Trends We Predict for 2019
While we are not practiced at divination, below are some trends we think could pop up in 2019 and would love to see in…
Why You Should Have an Elevator Pitch Ready
It's tempting to hum and haw and mumble a mediocre response when someone asks you what your book's about.
How to Write an Attractive Query Letter
This one little page of information is as crucial as the thousands of words you spent months painstakingly crafting.
Show and Tell According to Harry Potter
What does "Show, don't tell" even mean? How can we learn from authors who are pros at writing sensory imagery?
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Announcing the launch of a new indie press dedicated to publishing science fiction, fantasy, and related nonfiction!
We'd just like to point out that there's a Harry Potter quote for everything, and in this case, it's an accurate analogy for mental health.
Thanks to Luke Annand for mentioning it to us!
This is our current writing jam. I cannot recommend enough. What's your go-to for music while you create? #zeldaandchill #writingjam
Wayfarer's Podcast recording begins... #wayfarerguide @emmajulianartistry @videogamefaith
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Just had a message from someone saying that a “reputable publisher” is asking him for £3k to publish his debut. Legit publishers will NEVER charge an author to publish their work, and it makes me really sad to think of writers being taken advantage of like that. And cross. 😖
‘For the plot,’ I whisper as I delete a beloved sentence that no longer makes sense. A tear falls down my cheek.
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Since I've been getting panicked questions pertaining to the same topic for #RevPit and #10Queries I'll answer here with a #writingtips thread. You will hear many terms thrown around over the course of the next few days--begin in a scene, action, inciting incident (1
If you need dialogue inspiration, ask a parent. #dialogue #writing #parenting