Write Better & Get Published
The following articles were culled from Writer’s Digest magazine to give you everything you need to write great stories.
17 Writing Secrets
1. Never save your best for last. Start with your best. Expend yourself immediately, then see what happens. The better you do at the beginning, the better you continue to do. 2. The opening paragraph, sentence, line, phrase, word, title — the beginning is the most...
10 Tabloid Tips To Better Writing
Shocking! Incredible! Amazing! Reading the supermarket tabloids can actually make you a better writer. Some mainstream journalists and writers look down their noses at The National Enquirer, Star and Globe. But they shouldn't. These publications, owned by American...
Begin at the Beginning
Your first 1,000 words must compel an editor or agent past the milestone where she would normally reject a manuscript. The deeper you can force a publishing professional to read into your novel, the greater the likelihood she will eventually be interested enough to...
Setting The Scene
Coming up with interesting settings, and using them effectively can be a difficult step for many fiction writers. Below you'll find some creative exercises to help you make the most of setting in your fiction. Start a "Setting" Journal Begin looking at the world...
Tips for Priming the Writing Pump
Humans are creatures who cling to ritual. As a species, we hope that rituals enlighten us. We hope that rituals help us make the journey from one point to another easier somehow. We hope that rituals help us keep connected to what has come before and what may come in...
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