The Definitive Guide to Creative Writing Success
Articles about fiction writing tips, elements and more
First things first: POV means Point of View. It’s a fiction writing element, and it matters in your novel.
The obvious questions are: why and how?
Answer: because it’s an important thing to consider when writing narrative and it can make your story better by determining its voice.
In the world of fiction writing, there are many things to explore. Subplots, conflict, POV, characters, you name it. But have you heard of narrative and dialogue? If you’ve got a story, you’ve got to narrate it. If you’ve got a set of characters, they have to converse, i.e., talk. Talking in fiction writing is [...] Click to continue reading »
Plots are limited, and that’s a fact. If you think you can make up a unique plot all by yourself, think again. I’m not saying that it isn’t possible – maybe you can do it — but it’s as difficult as climbing Mt. Everest without oxygen. Why is this so? Because there have been writers [...] Click to continue reading »
Which is one of the most popular forms of creative writing? You guessed it: fiction writing. Novels are written every month and every year. The vast majority don’t see the light of day (a fancy expression meaning getting published). Some do. Some become bestsellers. Some don’t even sell a few copies. Why? What makes the [...] Click to continue reading »
Today we’re wrapping up the series on Writing Compelling Opening Chapters. So far, we know: Why exactly we should write a great opening chapter The best way of beginning a compelling opening chapter What should be and told and shown in that chapter … and do’s and don’ts of writing it exactly. Now of course [...] Click to continue reading »
Now we’ve learned why we should write a compelling opening chapter, my best way of beginning a compelling opening chapter, and what should be told and shown in the compelling opening chapter. Today, let’s learn the Dos and Don’ts of Writing a Compelling Opening Chapter. All too often, writers have great content, but fail to [...] Click to continue reading »
An ideal first chapter tells the reader only what’s necessary. After all you can’t finish a story in a chapter can’t you? (Well you can with short stories… but that’s another story.) You must tell the reader the main parts, not the subsidiary parts. The things which are important must be in the front in [...] Click to continue reading »
