by Lindsay Flanagan | Sep 20, 2016 | Blog, Editing, Fiction How-to
Part 1: Seven Tips by Emilee Newman Bowles Your plot and characters are vital parts of your story, but they need a place to inhabit: the setting. Even fast-paced action novels need setting details so readers can imagine where the characters are. Here a few tips to...
by Lindsay Flanagan | Jul 4, 2016 | Blog, Editing, Fiction How-to
by Kristin Ammerman Bestselling authors such as Brandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowal, Jeff Wheeler, Cassandra Clare, Neil Gaiman, and others write novels as well as short stories. There are several reasons why novelists also write short stories. Sense of...
by Lindsay Flanagan | Jan 26, 2016 | Blog, Editing, Fiction How-to
by Emilee Newman Bowles Hello, “dear reader” As a young English Lit student, I laughed to myself when a story addressed the reader like this. It used to be common to tell the “dear reader” the moral of the story. These days it’s passé. Even if you know you should...
by Lindsay Flanagan | Jul 15, 2014 | Blog, Writing Life (Finding Time, Writing Groups, Getting Organized, Etc.)
Just a short post today with some resources you may find helpful in your search for critique partners, advice from writers further along the career path, or people who might review your book when it’s published. Writing organizations are a great way to network,...
