Hi, everyone! This is a post about how to show fear in writing through the things that the character actually does. The great American author F. Scott Fitzgerald had a sign over his writing desk that read: Action is character. And I think about this all the time. In the past, I’ve made a list of ways to how to
Category: Writing Inspiration.
It’s funny that one of the hardest things for some writers to write is a paragraph about themselves! Many writers—especially unpublished writers and first-time authors—aren’t sure how to write a short author bio or a longer introductory one. So today, I’m sharing what I think are some great author bio examples. Sooner or later, we all have to write one.
I’ve been meaning for a while to do this post, which is kind of a mystery clue generator. If you’re writing a murder mystery, a mystery short story, or even a mystery subplot in any kind of novel, it can be tricky to figure out how the truth comes to light. Hopefully, these examples of clues in a mystery will
Talents and skills are great things to consider when developing characters. You might also want to use it to think about your own talents and how you would describe yourself! A person’s talents, whether public or private, wide-ranging or quite specific, universally valued or unfairly disregarded. are central to their identity and character. The list below includes not just talents
Hey, amazing writers! After I posted my 25 Short Story Ideas last week, I got a few questions about the usual length of a short story. I’m going to show you the actual word counts of some very successful published short stories, but first, here’s the simple answer… A typical short story word count is between 4,000 and 10,000 words.
In my years of blogging, I’ve tried to share lots of awesome story ideas (like my Mystery Writing Ideas , Fantasy Story Ideas , and Romance Plot Ideas .) I’m sure some of my previous lists of plot ideas could be short story prompts, but I thought I’d do a list specifically for good short story ideas. [AdSense-B] I wrote
An artist date is a concept created by Julia Cameron in her book The Artist’s Way . Cameron recommends that once a week, you treat your inner artist (or writer, or what have you) to a fun, engaging experience that will spark your inspiration. The only ones on this “date” are you and your creative self. Now, once