What Is Flash Fiction and Why Should You Care?
© 2019 Sharon Rene Flash fiction is a short story under 1,000 words. Sounds simple right? I’ve had six stories published in Splickety/Spark Magazine and writing flash fiction is fun, challenging, and…
Mastering Story Description
© 2018 DiAnn Mills By mastering the art of description, the writer uses various techniques to show fresh and unusual details through the point-of-view character. The result immerses the writer…
Writing Fiction for Woman’s World
© 2018 Tina Radcliffe “Woman’s World is written for the traditional, family-oriented woman with a feel-good mix of heartwarming human interest stories and practical solutions.” –Woman’s World Facebook The top-selling magazine…
Moving from a Fiction Writer to a Nonfiction Author
© 2018 Susan Day Moving from fiction to nonfiction was something I wasn’t sure I could do as a writer. Over the past seven years, I had written fifteen children’s…
The Skeleton of a Novel
© 2018 Laura L. Drumb Each aspect of a novel fits together as the bones of a skeleton to allow the whole to function properly. If any piece is missing…
Building a Story: First Discover Your Character’s Desire
© 2018 Brandilyn Collins Often authors build stories solely on conflict. But conflict means opposition to something desired. So first ask: What is the protagonist’s Desire that will drive choices…
Divine Grace and Human Imperfection
© 2018 Jon Woodhams I tell people that one of my claims to fame is that I was the proofreader for Jan Karon’s first Mitford book. It’s true—back in the…
The High Concept Novel
© 2018 DiAnn Mills Are you a novelist striving for a high concept story? Have you heard the term and not fully understood what it means? Worse yet, has an…
How to Build Your Own Fantasy World
© 2017 Logan Petty When people find out that I’m a fantasy writer, one of the first questions I hear is “How do you think it up?” Sometimes the question…
How to Create a One Sheet
© 2017 Bethany Jett When I first heard that I had to take a one sheet to a writers conference, I thought, “A one sheet of what?” My book was…