Lessons from the Empty Writing of The Alchemyst Check out this book about Nicholas Flamel. Did you know it's about Nicholas Flamel? March 25, 2022April 30, 2022 by Chris Winkle in Writing
Episode 368: Romanticism A 19th century artistic movement, in MY writing? It's more likely than you think! February 27, 2022February 27, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, and Wes Matlock
How Useful Are Jonathan Franzen’s Ten Rules for Novelists? Genre critic vs. literary author! February 19, 2022December 2, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi in Commentary, Writing
How to Include Thoughts From Multiple Characters Without Head-Hopping Trying to fit two heads in one scene can come with consequences. February 11, 2022February 10, 2022 by Chris Winkle in Writing
Five Tips for Reviving Bland Prose Readers want entertaining narration, but how do you make it entertaining? January 28, 2022January 27, 2022 by Chris Winkle in Writing
Q&A: Can I Use Script Format for Dialogue? Submitted by Dave L, answered by Oren Ashkenazi January 24, 2022January 24, 2022 in Writing
Episode 363: Verbs We must all appreciate the hard working verb. January 23, 2022July 25, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, and Wes Matlock
Episode 359: Metaphors and Similes We're in the “similes are metaphors” camp. December 26, 2021December 23, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, and Wes Matlock
Lessons From the Vague Writing of The Remnant Chronicles Marketing buzzwords vs the story: the battle begins. December 24, 2021April 6, 2022 by Chris Winkle in Analysis, Writing
Q&A: Am I Using Too Many Hyphens, Dashes, or Ellipses? Submitted by Evan, answered by Chris Winkle December 6, 2021December 2, 2021 in Writing
Using Emphasis to Give Your Narration More Punch Just be careful not to overuse it. November 19, 2021November 18, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Writing
Episode 353: Fantasy Words Readers have a surprisingly small amount of attention span to learn new words. November 14, 2021July 25, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, and Wes Matlock
How Useful Are Dave Lerner’s Eight Rules of Writing? Absolutely everything you need to know in eight rules. November 13, 2021April 3, 2022 by Dave Lerner in Commentary, Writing
Q&A: Do You Have Any Tips for Writing Interactive Fiction? Submitted by Ronald, answered by Oren Ashkenazi November 8, 2021November 4, 2021 in Roleplaying, Writing
The Problem With Multiple Viewpoints Why we're so cranky about a writing practice that's considered normal. October 22, 2021December 19, 2022 by Chris Winkle in Storytelling, Writing
How to Keep Mysteries From Looking Like Mistakes If you treat unexplained events like they're normal, readers will get confused. October 8, 2021October 7, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Storytelling, Writing
Episode 347: Narrative Premise Telling a story is one thing, but how you tell it is another. October 3, 2021October 2, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock, and Juan Pistis
Which Descriptive Details Are Excessive to Readers? Don't describe scenes as though you're taking a photograph. September 10, 2021May 24, 2022 by Chris Winkle in Writing
How Can Writers Make Description Evocative? The best description conveys the right tone, is easy to imagine, and makes the world feel alive. September 3, 2021September 3, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Writing
Q&A: Should I Use a Single POV in a Story About Two Siblings? Answered by Chris Winkle August 23, 2021August 26, 2021 in Writing
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