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Category: Writing Tips
Unsolicited advice from your local opinionated writer.
Playlists are the secret sauce of both productivity and time-wasting when it comes to most people’s writing process. The right
Ah, the first draft. The first step on the long staircase to publication, held together with the writing equivalent of
Do you ever start something and then kind of forget you were doing it and accidentally abandon it for months?
Despite having taken every single literature class I had the opportunity to take throughout high school, I was well into
I was perusing the Nanowrimo forums the other day and I stumbled across something absolutely magical. It’s a thread called
People have really strong opinions about tense. I know this because I write mostly in the present tense, which means
One of the most common things to hear from new writers seeking help with their work is, “My story doesn’t
Editing sucks. I’m in the middle of it right now, and I can tell you, 80,000 words looked a whole
Writers, bookworms, and critics alike love to talk about “three-dimensional characters” – how great it is when stories have them,