Tag: fiction writing
Pre-writing Podcast: Having Trouble Putting Words on the Page?
Authors have their own writing habits, and sometimes they can be slightly odd-they may have to write first thing in the morning, only late at night, or never on Tuesdays! When asked, every author will offer different advice about how to begin the pre-writing process. What is pre-writing, you ask? We explain the pre-writing process in this podcast.
Short Stories: Wondering How to Fit Your Big Ideas into a Small Space?
Scribendi.com's editors explain what a short story is and offer helpful tips about how to write a short story.
So Wrong It's Right: Bending Grammar Rules in Your Fiction Writing
By bending grammar rules in your fiction writing, you can give insight into characters and evoke feelings within readers. Here are some ways to do it.
Ten Tips to Help You Avoid Telling Writing
One of the most often quoted axioms is “Show, don’t tell.” The idea is to keep students from explaining the story, that is, to stop them from using telling writing and use showing writing instead. I have compiled ten tips that actually show you how to avoid telling writing.
The 5 Stages of Writing and Revising Your Book
Learn how to navigate the five stages of writing and revising to ensure that your book is ready to be published.
What is Back Matter?
Just as front matter is what you find at the beginning of a book, back matter, simply put, is what you find at the end of a book—the sections that appear after the central story has been completed. These sections of back matter are often supplementary in nature, and often inform the reader about some aspect of the book.
Writing a Screenplay Podcast
Writing a screenplay is very similar to writing a novel or a story, but in a screenplay, you don't tell the audience what is happening, you show them. This podcast will help you gain a better understanding of the art of screenplay writing.
