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5 Ways You’re Preventing Readers From Suspending Disbelief
Five of the most common ways authors kill their readers’ suspension of disbelief – and, by extension, their stories.
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Add Muscle to Your Fiction With Unity and Contrast
Through a judicious choice of unifying and contrasting details, you can add some real muscle to your scene.
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6 Ways to Pull off Dual Timelines in Your Novel
Dual timelines can include a deeper plot, more resonant theme, and greater character development.
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How You May Be Killing Your Story’s Tension
Sometimes we can zap a story’s tension without even realizing it.
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5 Reasons to Write Your Scenes in Order (and 3 Not to)
Is a linear storytelling process best for your story? Or would you be better off writing scenes out of order?
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What’s the Purpose of Your Scene?
Finding the focus of each scene in your story is as easy as finding purpose, conflict, and context.
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10 Questions Your Readers Shouldn’t Have to Ask
Make certain your readers aren’t asking the wrong questions at the beginning of your story.
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Talent vs. Learning: Do You Have to Be Born a Writer?
Do you have to be born with a genius for writing?
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Why Do Bad Books Get Published?
One of the most common beefs among writers is that the industry is glutted with bad books.
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