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Who is Telling Your Tale? A Guide to Narrative Perspectives
Who is Telling Your Tale? A Guide to Narrative Perspectives

Whether consciously or unconsciously, there is one question you have to answer within the first few sentences of your story: Who is telling this tale? For most writers, the choice...

Messy is the goal, not the Consequence
Messy is the goal, not the Consequence

If you are a new writer there is one piece of advice you need to hear first, above anything else I or anyone else can give you. Your first draft sucks. No qualification, no buts —...

Should you take your pants off to write?
Should you take your pants off to write?

When a lot of writers start their first novel, they assume the process is pretty simple: you open your text editor of choice, type out "In the beginning..." (or some variant), hamm...

No, Scrolling isn't research - how to stop chasing motivation and start making it
No, Scrolling isn't research - how to stop chasing motivation and start making it

Don't lie. You and I both know you're guilty of this.You say you'll sit down to write as soon as the muse strikes. But when you finally sit at your desk, you suddenly realize you d...