One of the biggest things new writers and even intermediate writers tend to struggle with is dialogue. This makes sense because writing great dialogue is tricky. You’re trying to do…
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The Best Places to Learn
When you’re a writer, it’s important to constantly be learning. Sometimes that’ll look like taking a writing class, but sometimes that’ll look like researching something for your book. (If you’re…
How to Format Dialogue
We’re going back to the basics today. Formatting dialogue properly is so important for making sure your reader can easily understand what’s happening. Especially since we as readers are used…
How to Start a Research Project
Whether you’re writing fiction or non-fiction, odds are you’re going to need to do some research. This might be more minor, like how to jumpstart a car, for fiction, or…
Are There Hard and Fast Writing Rules?
Short answer? No. But let’s talk about why. I’m on Pinterest quite a bit, and I see a lot of blog posts from writers who insist that you should “always”…
A Close Reading of Night in the Wood’s Possum Springs
Throughout the indie game Night in the Woods, there’s an undercurrent about small-town life and politics that becomes a full-on wave as the game goes on. What’s really background information…