Nicholas Reicher

The problem with Holiday Time

One of the biggest problems we’ve got as writers is that holiday time has so many obligations on us. We have to see family,…

7 Common Dialog Traps Fiction Writers Must Avoid

One thing I have found out is that when you say, “They can’t teach me anything”, it is a self fulfilling prophecy. Even though…

Open Live Writer

Okay, I’m trying Open Live Writer to write my blog with. I’m still doing the rest of my writing (including Twitter and Facebook) in…

The process of creating

Before you can become a writer, you must begin to be creative. Of course, it helps if you’re a creative person already. To some…

9 Must-Do Steps to Writing your novel in Scrivener

If you’ve never used Scrivener, it has some little-known tools that are exceptionally powerful, and make planning and editing your novel much more effective….

Out Of Coffee: A Writing Lesson

Was about to write this blog article, when I picked up my cup of coffee. Photo by Ian Keefe on Unsplash Oh, no.   Here we go….

Stuck in my chair on Thanksgiving Day

I’m writing this on thanksgiving. I’m stuck in my chair. My cat has pretty much decided he wants to eat a lot today. When…

Thoughts on “the Island”

Okay, I wrote “The Island” in one night. I literally wrote out a basic logline during a break in the day, wrote out a…