Lessons From the Writing of Elantris How well does Brandon Sanderson's debut novel hold up? December 23, 2022December 29, 2022 by Chris Winkle in Analysis, Writing
Lessons From the Entitled Writing of Yarnsworld The floor is down, bears are real, and women are not possessions. October 28, 2022October 27, 2022 by Chris Winkle in Analysis, Social Justice, Writing
Lessons From the Cursed Writing of Vicious Don't let a novel opening go to waste. September 9, 2022September 9, 2022 by Chris Winkle in Analysis, Writing
Lessons From the Appropriative Writing of Gemma Doyle An opening set in occupied India. What could go wrong? July 22, 2022July 30, 2022 by Chris Winkle in Analysis, Social Justice, Writing
Lessons From the Summary Writing of Illuminae Does this novel redefine the form, or does it have bad form? May 20, 2022May 27, 2022 by Chris Winkle in Analysis, Writing
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
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
Lessons From the Edgy Writing of Blindsight Author Peter Watts has an engaging voice and a reckless disregard for accuracy. July 30, 2021September 15, 2021 by Chris Winkle and Fay Onyx in Commentary, Social Justice, Writing
I Tried to Praise The Eye of Argon and Ended Up With These Lousy Writing Lessons The worst story ever written... or is it? February 26, 2021June 14, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Storytelling, Writing
Lessons From the Tense Writing of Winter World Winter World's opening establishes tension but lacks novelty, attachment, or satisfaction. November 13, 2020September 22, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Writing
Lessons From the Exposition of Crescent City Confusing info dumps and lack of plot focus make this a disorienting opening. October 16, 2020June 16, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Writing
Lessons From the Terrible Writing of Eragon’s Sequel Give your character agency and consistency... or die. July 3, 2020December 3, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Writing
Lessons From the Purple Writing of The Witcher Monsters have nothing on the horrors of confusing wordcraft and muddled description. February 15, 2020September 8, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Writing
Lessons from the Disingenuous Writing of Maximum Ride A smarmy protagonist and an inconsistent tone undercuts Maximum Ride's hopes for a tense opening. December 6, 2019June 14, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Writing
Lessons From the Writing of The Name of the Wind You asked me to critique The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, so here we are. June 21, 2019July 10, 2019 by Chris Winkle in Writing
Lessons From The Maze Runner’s Point of View Disaster Master perspective before it masters you. February 1, 2019December 3, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Writing
Lessons From the Terrible Writing of This Post We've written lessons for numerous works, but never for this particular post. November 2, 2018December 3, 2021 by Dave Lerner in Meta
Lessons From the Hyped Writing of Dawn of Wonder Renshaw's wordcraft is clumsy, but at least it isn't boring. August 17, 2018December 3, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Analysis, Writing
Lessons From the Rambling Writing of Handbook for Mortals Last year, Handbook for Mortals by Lani Sarem cheated its way to the top of the New York Times YA bestseller list. May 25, 2018May 27, 2018 by Chris Winkle in Writing
Lessons From the Rushed Writing of The Blade Itself Confusing description and a lack of context bog down an action-packed opening. November 17, 2017May 24, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi in Writing
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