Well, I wasn’t expecting THAT!
This whole month, I want to talk about the relationship between writing and reading. I’ve talked […]
Freytag’s Pyramid
In 1863 Gustov Freytag, first known as a playwright and later a novelist, published Die Technik […]
Back it up and keep it organized!
I just want to offer a quick public service announcement. Writers, is your work backed up […]
Writer, Transform Thyself
I recently had a writer ask me which one of his many ideas he should follow […]
Well, Darlings, You’re Weighing Us Down . . .
“Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler’s heart, kill […]
But I never got to . . .
I’m a big believer in the promises-made-to-your-reader philosophy of writing. It’s the idea that readers file […]
This Thing’s Important, Right?
One of my favorite books from the Children’s Lit classes I took in college was Treasure […]
Villain Under Construction: Villain Arcs
We’ve been talking character arcs at SNW, so I wanted to bring out once special kind […]
Dross and Hero Stuff
Can we be brutally honest? As a writer, you simply cannot be a nice person – […]