Books for the Budding Writer

It’s a known fact that all good writers spend a lot of time reading. Through reading the words of others, writers learn what works and what doesn’t, and what new things they can apply to their own work. While it helps to read a wide range of books, there are some “writer’s manuals” that [...]

Improve Your Writing Skills

The craft of effective writing is often overlooked in everyday life. Most people think that becoming a competent writer requires taking up creative writing or English classes in college. However, this is far from the truth. The first thing you’ll need to become a writer is initiative. You should feel the need to become [...]

Warming Up To Writing

Some days when you need to write, the words flow from you like a waterfall, and other days, the words don’t flow at all. When you just don’t feel like writing, or don’t feel that anything you write will be any good, you need to slowly warm up to what you want to accomplish.
Branching [...]

Writing: Character Development

All fictional characters run the risk of being stereotypical. While stereotypes do exist in the real world, you should make room for individuality when writing them into your story. It’s important to get to know your characters completely and intimately, if you want them to be believable. Here are a few [...]