Show Not Tell

Today’s Tip: Show Not Tell Details are essential to a good story. It builds the setting, moves the plot forward, and creates tension that makes readers sit at the edge of their seats. If you guys like show and tell, I’m sorry to say that this is show NOT tell. Who: Showing not Telling What: …

Writing Tips 15

Today’s Tip: Revision Every author’s gotta go back to revise their story. You can’t expect your novel to be the perfect bestseller on the first try. If it is, OMG TELL ME YOUR SECRET. MUST. HAVE. I know it’s a pain to go through all of that hard work only to go through it again. …

Writing Activity!

Read half of a book- exactly half! You can either cut the number of chapters in half or cut the number of pages in half. If it's the number of pages, you can finish the chapter. After reading half of the book, set it aside and write what you think will happen next. Write like …

Writing Tips 11

Today’s Tip: Setting Your setting is your world. Without your world, there would be no you. Without you, there would be no story. So basically, you need a setting. No novel can go without one- I challenge all of you to write a story without a setting and send it to me! Who: Setting What: …

Writing Tips 10

It may be just me, but sometimes I get stuck on the very first chapter of writing a novel/story and I just give up the whole idea, thinking “I’ll never be an author, never make something big, this is shit.” You get me? Who: Beginnings What: the hook that grabs your reader’s attention and makes …

Writing Tips 9

  Today’s Tip: Dialogue If you’re a writer, you should know the basics of writing. One of these basics is that dialogue moves the plot along. Today’s topic is the talking. Who: Dialogue What: the words characters say in a story to move the plot along When: anytime Where: in between actions to keep the …