A Few Writing Tips On Using Time Period Cues To Help Your Novel Progress
Stillness is dangerous in a novel: when a reader senses a dip in energy or motion, he or she often starts to disengage from the story.
5 Ghosts From My Past I’ve Learned To Overcome
When I was eight, my mother would praise every piece of art I brought home. It didn’t matter whether I spent hours gluing macaroni on cardboard tubes or seconds slashing paint across construction paper.
How A Slow Reveal And Seemingly Minor Details Can Make Your Novel So Much Better
In this series, I’m reading Celeste Ng’s blockbuster debut novel Everything I Never Told You and discussing literary techniques I notice in each chapter.
22 Indisputable Reasons Pittsburgh Is The Perfect City For Writers
Bottom line: we don’t feel the need to do something just because it’s trending in Manhattan.
Tips On Writing Tension, Subplots, And The Forbidden That Will Help Strengthen Your Novel
In books, as in real life, it can be exciting to disobey, trespass, and eavesdrop.
How To Effectively Use Flashbacks And Other Helpful Literary Techniques In Fiction Writing
I always tell my students, “A description of a character running is okay. A description of a character running somewhere is better. A description of a character running home from something is even better.”
4 Writing Techniques Used In Celeste Ng’s Everything I Never Told You
In undergrad (and even in grad school), we were admonished never to begin a story with a character waking up or starting their morning.
I Tried To Steal My Brother’s Girlfriend By Vandalizing A Pittsburgh Billboard
One day you’re moderately rich from your factory job. On the way to your freshman English Comp class, you pass a…
How I Published My First Novel Against All Odds
I’m not sentimental enough to say that years of being brusquely dismissed or apologetically rejected somehow improved me, but I can honestly say it was worth it. You have to believe good work will find a home.
What Rejection Letters From Literary Journals Really Mean
Writers: has your short story been rejected by a literary journal? Are you wondering what the editors really think about your…