Forum: Writing Craft Threads

I've heard plenty of times before that people--especially a lot of agents and publishers--aren't hot on the idea of prologues. I'm really neutral on...

And now I have a new procrastination. I can catch up with all the stuff on Writers Net. What an idiot I am.

:confused: Hi all. This question concerns writing fiction. How informal do you go with your writing? Examples: It is I...

I'm back again full of excuses and procrastinations. Still slogging away on Weekend Warriors, about a girl who joins the National Guard to get money...

This is from an article about 10 rules writers should live by. I'll post the text here to spare you from all the ads on the page. Here are ten...

I'm poaching this from an Internet friend's blog post. What do you think? Clawfoots or Clawfeet? A couple of months ago, I posted that I was...

From my blog: Last month I read The Hemingway Thief by Shaun Harris. At one point early in the book the author who is the main character is...

Here's a blog article with some writing craft links https://nowastedink.com/2016/08/22/no-wasted-ink-writers-links-238/

And also Independence Day on Monday. And belated congratulations on Brexit. :cool:

I recently followed author Lawrence Block on Twitter and he posted on his blog a link to one of those "humble bundle" type things with 10 books on...

What would you consider an acceptable number of characters for a full length novel of say 80K words or so? I may have to rewrite. MC: 3 (3 POV)...

In my latest story my MC receives an e-mail that sets the story in motion. My intent is having those words stand apart from the narration and...

Hello everyone, I have somewhat of a dilemma. I am writing the "sequel" to a novella that I previously self-published as a kindle ebook. I want to...

Still trying to wrap my brain around an outline for my story. PLOT SUMMARY: Bowie is an 18-year-old college freshman, and the heir to the throne...

I just had an idea of writing a vampire story and now I don't want it to be criticized for being similar to twilight I have seen many other books in...

I don't at all know if the problem is there is with someone else as well but I am not at all in a good mood right now, It's not fair I was told I...

I needed help with this one as this was a ... not a chapter, it is longer but a complete scene I was not at all sure about. Trust me I can handle...

so I'm 70k into my first draft of my first novel I have ever written (or at least gotten this far to finishing). I do my best to write and write...

Ok so my beta reader recently read my last chapter out loud in front of me. Once we were done, we hung out and I decided to read her poetry I...