Writing & Speaking Articles
76: How Did JK Rowling Do It
Fantasy fiction is big business, and many authors are trying hard to break in. The burning question on all their lips is, "How did JK Rowling do it?" And the answer to that is pretty simple. She gave the readers what they wanted.
77: Gauge or Caliber: Getting Your Research Right
Writers often need to know just what kind of weaponry their protagonists are using. Here's a useful primer as to the different terms and what they mean.
78: Writing Tips - Adding Complexity To Your Narrative
Complex narrative structure is used by authors to add interest by complicating the story. This article outlines several methods of achieving this.
79: Getting Published - A Stairway to Heaven
Eight Steps to success as a published writer, and how to avoid slipping back down them again.
80: Fantasy Writing - Six Cliches to Avoid
If you're a writer in the fantasy genre, here are 6 clichés you should try to avoid in your stories.
81: Short Story Writing - Ten Endings to Avoid
A logical, satisfying ending is always required in a short story, but how do you ensure that yours is fresh and new? One of the ways is to avoid the obvious. Here are some common endings seen by editors: use them at your peril.
82: Writing Tips - Planning Your Writing
A lot of beginners go off the rails when they've got a nice clean sheet of paper or a blank screen in front of them and they've got to fill it with words - meaningful words.
83: Science Fiction Writing - Ten Cliches to Avoid
Adoption into the mainstream makes science fiction both easy to sell, and hard to write without seeming tired and cliched. Here are ten situations you should steer away from, and some variations to consider if you're determined to proceed.
84: Horror Writing - Ten Cliches to Avoid
For anyone thinking about writing in the horror genre, there are certain situations that, over the years, have been done so often that the audience knows exactly what to expect. Using any of these is fine if you're being post-modern and ironic as in the Scream series, because you can get the audience laughing as they jump. But if you're trying for the big scare, here are some situations to avoid, and alternative scenarios to consider.
85: Crime Writing - Ten Cliches to Avoid
Crime fiction is big business at the moment, but there are certain situations that have been overplayed so much that they have become genre cliches and everybody knows what to expect next. Here are ten cliches you should try to avoid and thoughts on how to subvert the cliches if you do decide to use them.
86: Writing Tips - A Mantra For All Writers
Here is your mantra. Chant it at all times, and repeat it to boring types at dinner parties.
87: Writing Tips - Five Ways to Immediately Improve
As a writer it is all too easy to concentrate on the mechanics of submitting work to editors and to forget that the writing itself is of primary importance. We should all be constantly seeking to improve. If we do that, editorial approval will become that much easier.
88: Ebook & Article Marketing, Ovecoming Writer's Block
What is writer's block?
Well, I just can't think of a single darn thing to
say. Oh well, I'm outta here!
Sound familiar? No! Oh, get real! We've all
experienced this phenomenon when we absolutely have to
write something, particularly on deadline. I'm talking
about. . . . .uh, I can't think of what the word is .
. . oh, yes, it's on the tip of my tongue . . . it's:
89: Misinformation Disinformation & Reformation
Privacy Expert Frank M. Ahearn reveals the tools to misinformation, disinformation and reformation.
90: Scary Halloween Costumes for Kids
Halloween is an exciting day for many of the kids, but for some kids, particularly young ones, and a few older children too, it is terrifying because of scary Halloween costumes.
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