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Enter to Win a Paperback Edition of 10 Core Practices for Better Writing

If you haven’t picked up a copy of 10 Core Practices for Better Writing yet, here’s your chance to get one for free. From today through Thursday, November 8, 2013, I’m hosting a free giveaway on Goodreads for the paperback edition of 10 Core Practices for Better Writing. Goodreads is a social media network for…Read More

Your Characters Aren’t Your Children

Please welcome guest author Joshua Danton Boyd with a post on character development in fiction writing. For writers, characters can be very personal creations. Despite being taken from the ether, we can become attached to them, especially if we’ve been working on their story for years. With all the time and effort put into crafting…Read More

The Indie Edge in Fiction

Please welcome guest authors Evan Marshall and Martha Jewett with a post about indie publishing and the many benefits it offers fiction writers. This post contains affiliate links that earn commissions for this website from qualifying purchases. A number of clients of Evan’s literary agency have begun to self-publish, or indie-publish, as a supplement to…Read More

10 Core Practices for Better Writing (Kindle Edition) is on Sale for 99¢

From now through Sunday, 10/6/13, you can download the Kindle edition of my latest book, 10 Core Practices for Better Writing, for just 99¢. About 10 Core Practices for Better Writing 10 Core Practices for Better Writing is for writers who want to strengthen their writing skills. You’ll learn beneficial practices that promote excellence in…Read More

Discovering Your Story: 5 Ways to Find the Missing Pieces

Please welcome author Ali Luke with five excellent tips for finding the missing pieces of your story. “Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.” – Michelangelo Do you invent your story or do you discover it? Writing is a process of invention….Read More

Writing Forward’s Sixth Anniversary: Win a Free Copy of 10 Core Practices for Better Writing

Writing Forward Turns Six Writing Forward launched on September 1, 2007 and is now six years old, which is pretty exciting. Every time we celebrate another anniversary, I find myself surprised that the site is still going strong and growing. I’m especially proud that we’ve expanded beyond the blog and have published two books in…Read More

What Are Plot Points?

Please welcome author K.M. Weiland with a guest post on structuring your novel. Take moment to think of some of the most significant scenes in your favorite stories. More than likely, the scenes that pop to mind are those in which major events occur: Jane meets Mr. Rochester, the Titanic hits the iceberg, Darth Vader…Read More

9 Steps to Writing a Science-Fiction Novel

Please welcome Sarah Kolb-Williams with a guest post on writing a science-fiction novel. Writing a science-fiction novel isn’t all rockets and robots—it’s a brainy labor of love, and it takes a good deal of time and attention to detail to get it right. Here’s how to emerge from the process still standing: 1. Think, Then…Read More

How to Write Well Without Losing Your Mind

Please welcome writing coach and author Dana Leipold with an article on staying sane as a writer. When I was in college, I had to write a senior thesis about marketing that had to be eighty pages long, minimum. The most I had written up until then was a twenty-five-page short story about a girl…Read More

10 Core Practices for Better Writing: Now Available on Amazon

I’m so excited to announce the next book in the Adventures in Writing series: 10 Core Practices for Better Writing. About the Book: Writing is an adventure that lasts a lifetime. Start your adventure with 10 Core Practices for Better Writing, a book that helps you strengthen your writing skills so you can excel in…Read More