It’s another Open Mike! Talk amongst yourselves about whatever you want–news, WIPs, questions, complaints, what gets you going, what gets you stuck, whatever…
Read more →If you want to make a living in the arts, there are always two things you have to worry about: how to create the best art you can (whether it’s a physical product like a book or painting, or something more ephemeral like a live performance), and
Read more →Writer’s Block. There are a ton of different definitions of it, ranging from the exceedingly broad (“Any time you want to write but can’t for whatever reason” which technically includes sitting in the dentist’s chair or being at the store buying groceries) to the humorous (“Writer’s block
Read more →Tight-third-person is currently one of the most common choices for viewpoint, particularly in genre fiction. It has a lot of advantages. It’s very character-focused, almost as much as first-person. It allows for more narrative flexibility than first person. It makes it easy to switch viewpoints without confusing
Read more →When I’m between books, I frequently check out different writing systems, hoping I’ll find something that will make starting up the next book easier. Lately, I’ve run across quite a few “how to write a novel” systems that take a fractal approach to writing a novel. For
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