Robert Wood

Rob has yet to encounter a bookshop he can walk past, a habit which has become deadly now that you can buy the newest releases digitally at 1am. Thankfully, it also comes in handy for providing the best advice on writing your book.
How To Manage The Politics Of Your Writing - A character stands at a podium, ranting about the world.
Writing
Robert Wood

How To Manage The Politics Of Your Writing

All art is political, and there’s nothing wrong with that. The way in which we believe the world to work – the way we think it should work – has a natural part to play in both our creation of fictional worlds and how we depict our own. The connection between art and politics is

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How To Avoid Writing A Redshirt Character - A meteor is about to strike an unaware character wearing a red shirt reminiscent of Star Trek.
Writing
Robert Wood

How To Avoid Writing A Redshirt Character

Sometimes, the best way to prove that something in your story is dangerous is to throw a character at it. Want to show how threatening a character or situation is? Have them immediately kill someone, because who could deny that evidence? Of course, it’d be a shame to use up a real character just to

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From The Mailbag: Your Questions Answered By An Editor - A postwoman holds up some mail.
Marketing
Robert Wood

From The Mailbag: Your Questions Answered By An Editor

Today, we’re trying something new – namely, a professional editor is going to be diving into our (digital) mailbag and answering your questions. While we’re totally committed to a continued dialogue in our comments, some of your questions are unique enough that they deserved their own forum, so here we are! We’ll be doing this

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What It’s Like To Work With An Editor - An editor marks a piece of paper while its author cries.
Publishing
Robert Wood

What It’s Like To Work With An Editor

You’ve done everything you can with a piece, but now you’re running up against your biases. You need fresh eyes, professional insight, and a sustained dialogue to show you new paths. You need all that, but you’re still hesitating to involve an editor. Why? Probably because you’re not sure what working with an editor is

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