Fiction

How To Handle Fear In Your Novel - An elephant is about to step on a mouse. Both look terrified.
Writing
Paige Duke

How To Handle Fear In Your Novel: The Dos And Don’ts

When was the last time you were afraid – I mean really afraid? Close your eyes and play the scene. Try to capture everything: the sounds and the smells, what you saw and how your body reacted. What did you do afterward to cope with those feelings of fear? Can you identify why the event

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Five Things George R. R. Martin Can Teach You About Writing - George R. R. Martin waves, imagining a dragon flying away.
Writing
Fred Johnson

5 Things George R. R. Martin Can Teach You About Writing

Twenty years ago, you might not have heard of George R. R. Martin, who, at that time, would have been merely the author of the modestly successful fantasy novel A Game of Thrones. In the years following, he would produce the sequels A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows,

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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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The Tips You Need To Write Amazing Color - A painter waves a brush, surrounded by multicolor splodges.
Writing
Fred Johnson

The Tips You Need To Write Amazing Color

Color, like time, will be present in your fiction whether you want it to be or not. It’s one of the grand defaults of human life; unless you’re writing fiction from the point of view of a colorblind individual or your plot takes place purely on some kind of Noir planet, color will be something

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