Verlyn Klinkenborg, in his book of writing exercises titled Several Short Sentences on Writing, suggests this test for your writing at the sentence level:
6 comments I came across yet another writing article today warning “Don’t Make These Rookie Mistakes”. The article made me mad. So I want to offer you […]
Don’t Worry About Mistakes
3 comments Here is my personal 10-step method for writing treatments. It’s never failed me, even on tight deadlines, and I hope it will serve you well, […]
How to Write a Treatment in 10 Steps
1 comment “What you need to know about the next piece is contained in the last piece.” – David Bayles & Ted Orland, in Art & Fear: […]
Learning from yourself
Today’s Idea Factory Writing Prompt is deceptively simple: all you have to do is tell the truth.
Idea Factory Writing Prompt #7
What’s my measure of success? Is it money? Copies sold? Or is it the act of persistence itself, the act of continuing to write when […]
Kameron Hurley on Persistence
2 comments 1. Take me somewhere I have never been. The discovery can be a place, person, or thing. It can be beauty or an aesthetic. It […]
Five Crucial Things We Want From Stories
2 comments HP Lovecraft’s two-step synopsis method is a useful approach for writing treatments for stories with non-linear narratives. Prepare a synopsis or scenario of events in […]
How to Write Non-Linear Stories
6 comments The only way you can write the truth is to assume that what you set down will never be read. Not by any other person, […]