Creating Characters for Fictional Stories
INTRODUCTION: It requires skill, practice, and patience to develop realistic characters. It is equally difficult or almost impossible to craft a story without a living [Read More]
Fiction
Fiction Tips – What is Fiction?
You may be an aspiring author, or you may just love to read fiction, but have you ever attempted to define fiction? Most people would simply say, [Read More]
Easy Way to Write Fiction and Get Past the Writer’s Block
Creative writing is one of the most difficult jobs in the world. However, you really don’t need a special talent for it. What you need [Read More]
The Simple 5 Step Secret To Great Fiction
Stephen King says he starts his novels with a “What if?” question. What if a woman and child are trapped in a car by a [Read More]
The Secrets To Marketing Fiction
When my first book (The Cliffhanger) was published nearly seven years ago, I had high hopes of its success. I mean I am, after all, [Read More]
What Makes a Good Fiction Book?
In fiction, the writers job is to entertain, to draw an emotional response from the reader. The reader is often looking for suspense, action, and [Read More]
What Makes a Good Fiction Book?
In fiction, the writer’s job is to entertain, to draw an emotional response from the reader. The reader is often looking for suspense, action, and [Read More]
What a Coincidence: 7 Clever Strategies for Harnessing Coincidences in Fiction
Well-timed coincidences can catapult a story forward, but a poorly planned one can bring your readers to a dead stop. Use these 7 strategies to [Read More]
6 Ways to Manipulate Time in Fiction
One of the least analyzed literary devices in literature is time. Time works differently in books. It ceases to be the tyrannical presence that we [Read More]
How Publishing Non-Fiction Differs From Publishing Fiction
There is a lot of advice out there regarding getting your fiction published. After all, there are more people who want to write fiction. But [Read More]
The Other Stories Podcast: Now Seeking Fiction Submissions
The Other Stories is looking for new, emerging, and struggling writers’ stories. We want stories under 4000 words or that take less than twenty minutes [Read More]