Innovative Editing

In preparation for writing this post, I purposely tried to look up a less loved fantasy novel. Essentially, I went onto Amazon.com, typed in

I’m going to try really, really hard to write this blog post without calling anyone out. But there are a whole lot of writers who put too mu

Are you too hard on yourself when it comes to creative writing? I'll be the first to admit that it's such a subjective question, making it d

Did you know you can turn anything into a story, whether fiction or nonfiction? Absolutely any experience or any thought that pops into your

A little girl died this past Sunday. She was three years old, the second of three sisters, and her name was Hallie. I don’t know all the det

Jo Sands a self-described “unicorn,” describes why she writes.

As the big bad writer, you’re the ultimate authority on what you want to do with your story. Do you want to kill off everyone in the end? In

My adorable three-year-old niece is obsessed with fairy tales right now. And I do mean obsessed. As only a three-year-old girl can be about

We’re dealing with troubling times these days. And we have been for months. First, there was the fear of catching Covid-19 and dying horribl

Shakespeare once penned that, “Parting is such sweet sorrow.” That was in the complicated tale of Romeo and Juliette, during the balcony sce

Alrighty then. We’re officially there. Officially ready to close our discussion on how to use falling action to deal with those pesky remain

As your story winds down through the falling action, it should start prompting some questions. I’m not referring to the questions we referen

First and foremost, there’s always going to be the chance that you offend someone. Because some people are always looking to be offended. Th

Once you hit the falling action part of your plot, it’s official: the climactic moment is complete. The darkest moment is over, with your pr

Today, we’re finishing off our series about writing literary climax. But to do so, we’re going to take a brief trek back to dialogue, a topi

The very last thing I’d want to do after climbing a mountain is have a knock-down, drag-out fight. Or any kind of fight at all. I’d just wan

I’m not going to lie. I hate social media right now. But it is still useful every once in a while. After all, it allowed me to stumble onto

You know the part of a novel where there’s no more build-up. No more teasing. Just raw, unadulterated passion?In an espionage tale, this is

If you’re writing rising action for an action-oriented novel, you might not have appreciated yesterday’s Writing Challenge. All that lovey-d

So you have your rising action segment. And it’s long. Like really long. Likes pages and pages, and chapters and chapters long. If, as we me