Scroll to the bottom for links to my chat with author Kathrine Ramsland on the latest Podcast episode or to watch it on YouTube. While you’re at it: Subscribe, Like, and Follow! Here they are: 5 tips for using weather in your story. Why? Because using weather as an element in your plot can deepen […]
Deep Backstory Makes Your Story Amazing One of the things I learned early on in my writing career was how to create deep backstory because–it makes your story amazing. Everything comes down to characters. Without a compelling character, readers are going to go, “So what?” And to create compelling characters, they NEED deep backstory. My husband […]
How to Research and Write Historical Mysteries Learning how to research and write historical mysteries is key if you want to create an authentic book.Writing historical mystery books–or any novel, for that matter–is no easy feat. It takes time, research, a desire to learn about the era about which you are writing, And if you […]
How to Plot your Fiction Novel So how, exactly, do you plot a fiction novel? Bestselling author Libby Klein has some plotting 101 tips that are invaluable. Plotting Versus Pantsing Plotting versus pantsing is a popular topic. Everyone has their own process, and there is no one way to do things when it comes to […]
Writing your Bliss Rather than Writing to the Market Writing your bliss rather than writing to the market may not be easy to do. It’s tempting to want to write to the market. If you do that, however, you risk: being uninspired by your own plot boring readers because they will sense the lack of […]
WriterSpark: Tips and Tricks for Fiction Writers Podcast How writers in a writer’s room write is different from fiction writers. But there are lots of lessons to be learned from those writer’s rooms. Really, wouldn’t you love to be a fly on the wall in a Hollywood Writer’s Room? I would! Reality Unfortunately, most of […]
Outlining while Still Writing by the Seat of your Pants Outlining (or plotting) seems opposite of writing by the seat of your pants. In a lot of ways it is. But it doesn’t have to be. See how they work together. In this episode, I’m talking with bestselling mystery and suspense author Daryl Wood Gerber […]