Innovative Editing

It would probably be pretentious to say that it’s Christian fiction writers’ job to make God look good. God doesn’t need our assistance in

If there’s one chick-lit Writing Rule you can count on, it’s going to be that the main character doesn’t have her life in order at story’s b

If there’s one definite rule of writing romance fiction, it’s the one stated below. That is to say the one laid out in a few more paragraphs

When you’re writing women’s fiction, the protagonist comes out ahead. In some way, shape or form, she ends up in a better place than where s

Yesterday, we addressed basic setting details – the whats and whys – of post-apocalyptic sci-fi dystopian fiction. Today, we’re going to del

The best kind of alternative history fiction writing requires some pre-writing prep. As we already mentioned on Tuesday, these books are ty

It’s difficult to write a proper blog post about not being a preachy steampunk fiction writer without being preachy in the process. Is that

If I’m writing a novel manuscript – paranormal fiction or otherwise – you’d better believe I want people to eventually read it. And I imagin

What’s the difference between contemporary fantasy fiction and a romance novel? According to certain contemporary fantasy fiction writers’

This week’s focus on high fantasy fiction and epic fantasy fiction reminds me of a Pinterest writing prompt. It goes like this: What if the

Fantasy fiction magic is some pretty powerful stuff. It can locate missing persons or items, open portals to whole new worlds, breathe spea

Today’s science-fiction Writing Rule further explores yesterday’s Writing Challenge and Tuesday’s Definition. And it’s a must for anyone who

We’ve already acknowledged writers’ very strong opinions about fan fiction. But it can go further than mere hurt feelings by authors who don

This goes without saying, but let’s say it anyway. In the horror fiction genre writing world, you have to gross out your readers. They’re lo

As we’ve already discussed, thriller fiction is supposed to keep readers on the edge of their emotional seats. It’s supposed to get their he

Some genres allow you to play fast and loose with the facts. Not so much if you’re working on a mystery fiction manuscript though. Like his

We’re addressing a major writing pet peeve of mine today: historical fiction that isn’t historical. Don’t get me wrong. You can classify yo

So now we know that literary fiction is highbrow. Using Victorian writing styles and vocabulary choices, it’s designed to explore the writer

If you caught yesterday’s fiction factoid on Facebook, you’ll know that: Fiction isn’t always written for fun. Sometimes it’s written to te

Yesterday, we said that a back cover blurb’s main goal is to intrigue the book’s ideal readers. Doing that requires work, of course: resear