All posts tagged "fiction writing advice"

  • How To Make Your Writing More Dramatic - Writer's Life.org
    How To Make Your Writing More Dramatic

    Injecting drama into your writing is so important. If you don’t you are simply telling your readers about a sequence of events where perhaps nothing really happens - there is no excitement, there are no surprises. Dramatic...

    • Posted April 27, 2017
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  • How To Handle Criticism - Writer's Life. Org
    How To Handle Criticism

    One of the hardest parts of being a writer is facing criticism of our work. It’s one of those quite odd things when you think about it. You would happily sit through a meal someone had slaved...

    • Posted April 25, 2017
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  • How To Set Great Writing Goals - Writer's Life.org
    How To Set Great Writing Goals

    When it comes to your writing, setting achievable yet challenging goals will help to keep you focused, track your progress and keep you motivated when it comes to reaching your end goal. ‘That might be all well and...

    • Posted April 25, 2017
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  • How To Write About Your Life - Writer's Life.org
    How To Write About Your Life

    'Write what you know' is age-old writing advice that has been given to us writers time and time again. While we can decide how to interpret this, writing about your own life and your own experiences is...

    • Posted April 21, 2017
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  • How Long Does It Take To Write A Book? - Writer's Life.org
    How Long Does It Take To Write A Book?

    The question, how long does it take to write a book,' is one that many of us ask. Many writers who are thinking about starting their first novel wonder how long it will take them to complete...

    • Posted April 14, 2017
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  • What It Means To Be An Indie Author

    The term indie author hasn’t been around forever. In the past being a self-published author was called just that and was akin to when internet dating first came out. You wanted to do it, but you didn’t...

    • Posted April 13, 2017
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  • Excellent Strategies To Help Revise Your Book - Writer's Life.org
    Excellent Strategies To Help Revise Your Book

    So you’ve finished your novel - congratulations! There is nothing quite like the feeling of having actually made it to the end of your book, especially because if you are anything like me there were probably several instances where...

    • Posted April 12, 2017
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  • How To Gain Perspective From Your Book -Writer's life.org
    How To Gain Perspective On Your Work

    Often it can do authors the world of good to step back from their books and take a break from them before they decide the time is right to publish. Why? Because gaining perspective can help you...

    • Posted April 12, 2017
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  • How To Kill A Character - Writer's Life.org
    How To Kill A Character

    Killing off characters in your story can feel a little unnerving. Regardless of whether you have always known you were going to do it, or, as you started writing your book you realised you had no choice,...

    • Posted April 9, 2017
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  • How To Make Your Readers Cry - Writer's Life.org
    How To Make Your Readers Cry

    One of the most important things to consider when writing a novel is how to ensure that your readers engage with it. Think back to reading your favourite book, why do you love it so much? It’s...

    • Posted April 6, 2017
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