by David Rawlings, @DavidJRawlings We need to show, not tell. You know that, if you’ve spent five minutes reading anything about writing novels. But how do you do it? The writers I …
Research. How Important Is It?
by Patricia Bradley, @PTBradley1 When I pitched my Natchez Trace Park Rangers series to my publisher, I envisioned stories set on the Natchez Trace up around my area near the Tennessee …
Learning to Set the Scene Without Bogging Down the Reader
Lindsay Harrel, @LindsayHarrel As writers, we all have our strengths. Some of us excel at plotting, creating compelling action that drives the story forward. Others are amazing developers of characters that …
Learning from Fairytales: Story World Building Part II
by Rachel Hauck, @RachelHauck Fairytales can’t exist without story world. Where would we be without Cinderella’s magic garden with the fairy godmother? Or Snow White’s dash through the evil forest to …
Creating Story World
Why, why, why is JK Rowling’s Potter series so popular? What is it about her stories that capture us so, that make us, and roughly 500 million other readers, stand …