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C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe follows a schoolgirl who discovers an extraordinary wardrobe. Inside, she finds Narnia, a m

If you’re writing Christian nonfiction, you have nothing to fear on this site or from this service. You may or may not remember back in the

Put on your plaid. Strap on your overalls. And get ready to get the job done, whatever that job may be. Because this week, we’re all about t

Try looking up the definition of the social and cultural issues genre anywhere else outside of Innovative Editing. If you do, you might find

Last week, we covered true crime writing. So it only makes sense that we follow up with a closely related topic: writing political commentar

“I’m writing my memoir” sounds like such a fancy phrase. It calls to mind worthwhile accomplishments and personal hurtles jumped and battles

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

You might have to be dead (or undead) to truly understand the definition of paranormal fiction. Perhaps that’s the reason why it’s such a co

We’re up to one of my (admittedly many) favorite subgenres of all times: contemporary fantasy fiction. With it, we’re also discussing its cl

Try giving a definition for high fantasy fiction, and you’ll get a lot of industry agreement. Try giving a definition for epic fantasy ficti

Oh, fantasy fiction writing, what can we say about you? A whole lot, actually. That’s why the next three weeks will be filled with Definiti

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

Fan fiction. It’s quite the controversy to bring up in conversation with creative writers. And that’s because just about every creative writ

Since I’m not a horror fiction writer, I wanted to practice my editorial preaching before I put this together. That meant doing some pre-wri

If you want to be a mystery fiction writer, you’re in some luck. There’s nothing too shadowy about this genre. Not about its definition, any

Since we’re starting our definitions out with the more “serious” fictional genres, historical fiction is next on the list. Historical ficti

Starting out our lengthy list of fiction genres is literary fiction. If you go into Barnes & Noble or your local bookstore, you’re prob

This year, our focus is going to be on genres, starting out with the fiction side of things. So if you’re working on a novel manuscript, the

If this week’s focus on attitude sounds a lot like last week’s topic – writitude – you’re both right and wrong. Writitude, which is being gr

The beauty of writing competitions is that they’re really quite simply explained. Which is exactly what this week’s Definition shows. Writi