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Laura Davis is a writing teacher and author of award-winning books, including The Burning Light of Two Stars and The Courage to Heal.
This essay is adapted from remarks Lan Samantha Chang gave at the 2017 One Story Debutante Ball. While chatting with a dear non-writer friend of mine, I mentioned that I had been thinking a lot abo…
thomas and lola
Learn the important stages of being a writer and how you can navigate past the obstacles they present on your way up the mountain to mastery.
A Case of the Writes is a blog dedicated to helping aspiring writers develop their voice and finish their stories. A Case of the Writes
57 Tips For Writers, From Writers hemingway to vonnegut and more
Protagonist
These are the five most common problems beginner writers share when they're creating important characters for their novels.
A guest post by Sam Ryan Patience, they say, is a virtue. For writers, it’s a way of life. Ideas, inspiration and the right words can’t be forced, just facilitated. Sometimes the same goes for…
Laura Davis is a writing teacher and author of award-winning books, including The Burning Light of Two Stars and The Courage to Heal.
Karen Lord. | 27 Pieces Of Advice For Writers From Famous Authors
When we talked about realistic injuries, I mentioned briefly how some people over-injure their characters. Instead of going into it on that post, I said that it was a topic for another time. That time is today. Before starting writing this, I did a Google search with the words "How often should I injure my…
My aim here, is to see if I can convince you to get up close and personal with your own inner psycho… Have you ever watched Dexter? If you haven’t, you should. It’s great, Wiki says: ‘Dexter is an American television drama series. Set in Miami, the series centers on Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall), a blood spatter pattern analyst for Miami Metro […]
Writing Tip #35: Get titles right.
