Innovative Editing

As we discussed Tuesday, there’s really three types of traditional publishing contracts you could potentially land. There’s big-time Big 5 t

How many people play the lottery? According to a Gallup poll a few years ago, “Roughly half of Americans say they have bought a state lotter

Perhaps I should have led the literary tone series with this one. But it’s too late now, so let’s clear up what needs to be cleared up… The

Have you ever heard of the Inklings? As a writer and no doubt reader, it might ring a bell. Or it might not. But back in the 20th century,

Years and years ago, while browsing through the fantasy section of Barnes & Noble… or was it Borders? Yikes! Location aside, I came acr

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

Once you’ve edited your first draft, it’s understandable if you expect your editorial journey to be automatically smoother thereafter. That

Have you ever heard the argument that an omnipotent God can’t exist? It’s the one that starts and ends with the question: “Can God create a

Do you know what the average human attention span is? According to a Microsoft study, it’s eight seconds. Eight teeny, tiny seconds. That’

Complete courtesy of yesterday’s 4th of July-inspired awesome post on editing a first draft… you now know that it’s not the most difficult t

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? I

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

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

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

Every writer knows (or should know) the importance of a story’s first few lines. They’re what make up the narrative hook, that element desig

Here’s a really important question that every writer should consider: How many points of view should your story hold? In asking this questi

If yesterday’s article seemed to lean too far toward the anti-dialogue tags side of the creative writer debate, I apologize. Let me clear up

We’re about to focus on writing dialogue for villains specifically, but the following advice can easily be applied elsewhere. Protagonists,

Yesterday, I admitted how I’m not very into reading about setting details. However, that doesn’t mean I’m not into writing about setting de

Absolutely everyone has an idea of what cliché means when it comes to character creation. For example, Kailee Schnabele of Flagler College’