by Chris Eboch
Your opening makes a promise about the rest of the story, article, or book. It tells readers what to expect, setting the stage for the rest of the story to unfold—and hopefully hooking their interest.
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Revising Fiction: Character Viewpoint
by Kirt Hickman
Every scene must be shown from the viewpoint of one of your characters. In general, you should show the events from your hero’s point of view. The more you show from her viewpoint,
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An Interview with Author C. Joseph Greaves
Twenty-five years of experience as a trial lawyer has given C. Joseph Greaves an edge in creating gritty true crime/historical fiction. Tom & Lucky (and George & Cokey Flo), his second standalone novel from Bloomsbury Publishing,
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The Writing Life: In Defiance of the Norm
by Olive Balla
Here’s the commonly accepted drill in the quest for publication:
- Take a few creative writing classes.
- Buy a library full of treatises on how to write the great American novel.
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The Writing Life: Finding the Fight and the Fun in Your Work
by Sherri Burr
Recently, fortune blessed me with the opportunity to watch live tennis at a high-level tournament in Ohio. As I observed tennis star Serena Williams fight back after losing the first set to win the next two sets and claim the match,
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An Interview with Corrales Writing Group: On Group Structure and Indie Publishing
Corrales Writing Group is a closed group of six members who encourage each other in their individual writing journeys and together produce an annual anthology of essays and short pieces of fiction and memoir. The current group is made up of authors Christina Allen,
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The Challenges of Writing Historical Fiction
by Chris Eboch
Hot trends may come and go, but for some writers and readers, nothing takes the place of great historical fiction. So in honor of Black History Month (February) and Women’s History Month (March) let’s look at this enduring genre.
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Revising Fiction: The Seven Deadly Sins of Writing Dialogue
by Kirt Hickman
Realistic dialogue is one of the most difficult things for some writers to achieve. Compressing your dialogue to as few words as possible will help. If you’ve done that and the dialogue still rings false,
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An Interview with Author Jasmine Tritten
Jasmine Tritten is an author and artist whose grand adventure from her native Denmark to the Americas was decided by the flip of a coin. She now makes her home in Corrales, New Mexico with her husband,
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Grammatically Correct: Mixed Constructions Nonsense
by Dodici Azpadu
As writers, we can be lulled by careless speech into thinking that what we hear is correct on paper.
The reason the Yankees lost the series was because of their pitching.Sounds correct,
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