Wholesale Fiction Writing Elements

Writing is something people can be taught to do well. Many will argue that there is no way to teach writing, but that simply isn’t true. Writing at it’s most basic is just another skill a person can have, like flower arranging, or gardening. Some people have a an affinity for painting, a natural sense for how different colors and shades blend together. With writing, it can be almost exactly the same. Nearly anyone can be taught to put the right words together in a way that makes sense, and is simultaneously entertaining to read. Storytellers have been made, not born, despite what you may have heard. Here are a few steps involved in telling a good story. (more…)

Writing a Novel Outline

A new beginning, for me, is always embarked upon with an impatient eye for the new ending that necessarily glows in the distance with all the allure of a warm, crackling fire on a lightless, chilling winter’s eve.  What lies between page one and the end is at once a hindrance and a challenge to traverse — but the journey must be made if a story is to be the result.  I don’t really adore the idea of writing a novel outline.  It seems to limit the direction the story or characters may want to take.  Jumping in with both eyes closed is like writing “by the seat of your pants.”  It’s spontaneous, fun, and ridiculously more complicated than it has to be.  But that’s the many writers prefer to write. (more…)

How to Add Hot Sauce to Your Writing

Writing is a creation of characters dancing in the mind of the reader. A writer needs to develop a set of rules that go beyond mechanics; they need to have a self-induced warning light that functions like an alert. The system allows the person to avoid common mistakes as well as innate errors. One needs to know what mistakes are inherent in their writing. An author writes in order to communicate, and to do so effectively is a challenge to most people. A writer is aware of the many the pitfalls that lie in wait for them, but some basic techniques will help. (more…)