An epistolary novel is a work framed as a series of documents, conventionally an exchange of letters or a diary. These days, the...

Yes, I know - I'm the guy who's been telling you that worldbuilding doesn't matter, that you shouldn't sweat out all these insignificant...

While I've written quite a bit about dialogue tags, the truth is that I don't care about tags per se as much as I do about a greater...

"Story setting" being a less writerly term for worldbuilding, in case you were wondering. I write a lot of short stories, and in my...

I've been pondering chapter lengths again. As I've argued in the past, there is no "proper" chapter length, and anyone saying otherwise...

Last time we talked about novel writing, we looked at the overall plot and how one can derive it from character motivation. Today, we're...

First, let's talk about new publishing deals. I missed last month, so I'll cover both here. I have three new deals for that two-month...

Most of my advice posts center on short stories and flash fiction, but for many people these are just the first step. Everyone wants to...

Here are the collected flash fiction posts as of July 26th, 2020. This post may be updated if new posts are added. Introduction (The...

Busy? Consider listening to the post instead! Today, we're going to join the great dialogue tag war once more. Why do this when I've...

(Part of an ongoing series - click here to see all posts) Before beginning the post proper, I'd like to announce a new project that will...

"Worldbuilding" is one of those concepts that ebbs and flows in writing communities. It's a non-topic, and then suddenly it's the only...

As a group, new writers are worriers. They're always troubled that they're doing something, everything wrong, and end up going in search...

One of the things I do here is write about censorship. I didn't plan on that, but when the government locks the internet down for six...

I'm not a big fan of writing prompts, and I like flash fiction prompts even less - and yet here we are. Some of you read the post...