Writing Tips

In this week’s round up brought to us by Script magazine, Jeff Howard, the screenwriter behind horror favorites “Midnight Mass,” “Haunting of Hill House,” and Oculus, provides seven actional screenwriting tips on character arc and character development.

Author Harriet Tyce discusses how she swapped her characters’ roles in her new thriller novel, It Ends At Midnight.

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For the 2023 November PAD Chapbook Challenge, poets are tasked with writing a poem a day in the month of November before assembling a chapbook manuscript in the month of December. Day 20 is to write an even poem.

Have you ever wanted to pick the brain of a published author? Ask author Richard Thomas your questions about writing, editing, teaching, and publishing, plus more from Writer’s Digest!

For the 2023 November PAD Chapbook Challenge, poets are tasked with writing a poem a day in the month of November before assembling a chapbook manuscript in the month of December. Day 19 is to write a customized poem.

Every good story needs a nice (or not so nice) turn or two to keep it interesting. This week, let a character get revenge.

Bestselling paranormal fiction author Chloe Neill shares her five key tricks to writing paranormal fiction—learned through writing 27 paranormal novels.

For the 2023 November PAD Chapbook Challenge, poets are tasked with writing a poem a day in the month of November before assembling a chapbook manuscript in the month of December. Day 18 is to write a Blank Cycle poem.

Hey, wonderful writerly people! It’s time for our monthly critique contest. This contest is closed. Please try again next month. If you’d like to be notified when the next one goes live, consider subscribing to the blog (in the sidebar). PLEASE NOTE: We’ve changed our process for entering this contest. If you’d like a chance The post Phenomenal First Pages Contest appeared first on WRITERS HELPING WRITERS®.

Jen Golbeck and Stacey Colino share six things writers should know about dogs and their bond with humans, including their impact on writers and writer’s block.

Freelance writing involves providing written content or services on a contractual basis to clients, covering diverse subjects, genres and formats. And the world of freelance writing is a vast one, covering an almost infinite number of these subject matters and topics. In this article, we will be taking a closer look at 17 of the

For the 2023 November PAD Chapbook Challenge, poets are tasked with writing a poem a day in the month of November before assembling a chapbook manuscript in the month of December. Day 17 is to write a refresh poem.

YA thriller author Margot Harrison shares her thoughts on using true crime as inspiration for fiction, whether good or bad.

Brian Keene is awesome. So is Mary SanGiovanni. And they’re opening a bookstore. Read on for Brian’s words about the why and how of it, and also how you can help — It was summer of 2006 when I realized that — while they may be able to write them — most writers didn’t have

This is a story about two spies locked in a room with a gun. This is a story about how semiconductors are refactoring 21st century geopolitics. This is a story about the greatest of games, the game that subsumes all other games, the only game that really matters: power. This is a story about finding

Bestselling author Christina Henry discusses how the story evolved as she wrote her new thriller novel, Good Girls Don’t Die.

Writing about art at first glance may seem a particularly difficult task. Is it possible to truly capture the medium through words alone when it is a visual artform? On top of that, what are the topics a writer should consider and how best to go about them? In this article, we will aim to

The writing industry is so vast that many people will have at some point likely wondered if they should pursue a career within it. With writing being an essential part of everyday life, the opportunity to translate that experience and knowledge into an income has greater potential than many other industries, but it also means

To be a freelance writer is to have a specific skill set. Mastering these skills will not only maximize your chances of success as a freelance writer, but will enhance your skill set as a writer overall. The first step in doing this is to break down exactly what some of these skills are. By