8 Essential Character Types you must have in your novel!

Writing a novel (or a screenplay) is almost like learning a new language. There are things you must learn to do in most novels,…

How to make Guaranteed Winning Story Ideas

I guess I’m the wrong guy to ask, “How can I come up with ideas?” Because I’ll tell you – I don’t have any…

7 essential tips to make surprisingly strong Dialog

There are certain skills a writer is supposed to master. We tend to concentrate on narrative – long, flowery descriptions that form as a…

Four Essential steps that Will Make Strong Characters

Writers often have one major shortcoming. We often skimp on character development. Yet Character development is a crucial part of writing novels, and is…

Make Your Dream Novel a Reality!

I know I hit on this a lot. But my blog is just starting and I can do this. Photo by Peter Lewicki on Unsplash A lot…

Two Crucial Mistakes That will Kill Your Novel!

Two things kill books. I’ve known a lot of people in my life who talked about writing. I can remember hearing people talking about…

Getting Caught Up

Have you ever bought a book that got you so caught up that you just stayed home to read it? Photo by Alejandro Escamilla on Unsplash I…

The Truth about Fiction Writing

I’m sure that many of you would like to write a book, whether fiction or non-fiction. I’m sure many of you have tried. I…

Writing With Scrivener

I know I write a lot about Scrivener… but this is one program I really believe in. Let me differentiate between Final Draft and…

Edit Later, Write Today

There’s really no way around this blog post – everyone’s going to know who I’m talking about. Jerry Jenkins has written a lot of…