For many writers, knowing how to start a piece of fiction is the more daunting than the task of writing itself. Knowing your characters prior to writing can alleviate such stress. This article details how one might go about doing just that.
Discovering Her Mountain Songs: An interview with Shutta Crum
Shutta Crum has deep roots in this Appalachian heritage of storytelling. In this tradition, stories are passed from one generation to the next. Sometimes the stories have you on the edge of your seat with your neck hairs straight up. Other nights, you can laugh so hard your ribs hurt.
Deconstructing Fiction (For Writers and Readers): Excerpt Deconstructed (8)
This is the eighth, and final, segment in a series of articles in which author Steven Erikson deconstructs, paragraph by paragraph, an excerpt from his most recent novel Forge of Darkness.
Deconstructing Fiction (For Writers and Readers): Excerpt Deconstructed (7)
This is the seventh in a series of articles in which author Steven Erikson deconstructs, paragraph by paragraph, an excerpt from his most recent novel Forge of Darkness.
Deconstructing Fiction (For Writers and Readers): Excerpt Deconstructed (6)
This is the sixth in a series of articles in which author Steven Erikson deconstructs, paragraph by paragraph, an excerpt from his most recent novel Forge of Darkness.
Deconstructing Fiction (For Writers and Readers): Excerpt Deconstructed (5)
This is the fifth in a series of articles in which author Steven Erikson deconstructs, paragraph by paragraph, an excerpt from his most recent novel, Forge of Darkness
Your Secret Weapon Against Story Coincidences
This week’s video talks about why coincidences are a bad thing and offers three tips for avoiding them in your own stories.
Deconstructing Fiction (For Writers and Readers): Excerpt Deconstructed (4)
This is the fourth in a series of articles in which author Steven Erikson deconstructs, paragraph by paragraph, an excerpt from his most recent novel, Forge of Darkness.
Deconstructing Fiction (For Writers and Readers): Excerpt Deconstructed (3)
This is the third in a series of articles in which author Steven Erikson deconstructs, paragraph by paragraph, an excerpt from his most recent novel Forge of Darkness.
Why the Reader Is Your Co-Writer
No story is created by one person. Written by one person, yes. But if the only imagination involved is the writer’s, the story will never be anything more than black marks on the page.
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