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We’re onto the wonderful and wacky world of writing chick-lit! If you trend toward composing manuscripts that are fun and fluffy and embrac

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

Dialogue, I hope we can all agree, is a very important aspect of creative writing, particularly novel-focused creative writing. This is true

When it comes to writing, there are very, very few one-size-fits-all guidelines or rules to be found. This might seem like a shocking admis

Poor, poor romance writing. It gets such an entirely bad rap, much more so than women’s fiction. Destined to be the brunt of jokes, romance

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

Women’s fiction manuscripts are supposed to be serious stuff when you get down to its bare-bones purpose. These aren't your mama’s broke

Probably not surprisingly, women’s fiction writing is one of the newer trends out there in the literary world. While I don’t have an exact d

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

Did you know there was more to dystopian fiction writing than The Hunger Games? Shocking concept? It’s okay. The feeling of total disorient

“I’m not a real writer, but….” “Well, I can’t really say I’m a writer.” “I wouldn’t call myself a writer…” It’s amazing how many actual w

We’re off of alternative history fiction and onto another deeply speculative genre: dystopian fiction. You know: stories like The Hunger Gam

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

Constructing a compelling alternative history fiction manuscript requires significant evaluation. Such writers require a critical eye of no

Editor’s Note: Ever wondered what an American lawyer’s life is really like? We see them portrayed on TV all the time. But if we’re going to

The label “alternative history” might sound something like “fake news” at first glance. And, in the hands of the wrong writer, I suppose it

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

We already discussed what makes the steampunk fiction genre tick. And that’s steam power. Hence the name. But let’s not go too fast too soo

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

Despite Tuesday’s Definition, I’m still convinced that paranormal fiction should be strictly about ghosts and ghoulies. Not vampires. Not we