Hi. The first novel I wrote was inspired from characters in a board game I had designed. In my second novel, the villain was inspired by...

Hi, so, as a writer, I am weak at describing characters. I generally don’t do it. In my recent book, I know there are no direct...

Hi. This is a compelling question. Since writing is an art, then, as an artist, I think a writer should speak from their beliefs. After...

Hi. So, this is what I remind myself when I get stuck like this. Writing is a purposeful act. This means, all the hours I spend writing...

First, my general conviction is that, just adding in content to bulk up word count is bad news. It’s probably going to feel artificial to...

The question, how does a goal or purpose structure a story? is an intriguing one. Let’s say you’ve created a great, compelling world. The...

I’m a semi-professional pianist and I use music scenes all over my stories. As I get into this, one disconnect might be that I use more...

So, this is a broad question. In the end, I think there are a lot of ways to introduce a story in an interesting, compelling way. The...

My impression of criticism is that, yes, generally we should try to listen, to see if there is anything of value in it, but we have to...

I would say, when I know I need to write (for how else is progress made) but I'm just not feeling it, I start with small expectations. I...

Some good advice I recently got from a friend was, "Evaluating ideas is wisdom, but evaluating people is unhealthy, and leads only to...

My general approach to writer's block is: get a general picture > ask questions about the scene > answer questions whether or not answers...