Film-Friendly Writing: Crafting a Story with Hollywood Appeal
Please welcome guest author John Robert Marlow with a post on writing a story with Hollywood appeal. Too many authors write a book or other story, cross their fingers, and hope that one day Hollywood might come calling. But in the words of the world’s most successful filmmaker, James Cameron, “Hope is not a strategy.”…Read More
10 Outstanding Creative Writing Blogs
Over the years, I’ve found some truly outstanding creative writing blogs. Today, I’d like to share a few of my favorites. Some of these blogs offer helpful writing tips, techniques, and ideas. Others broadcast the latest news and information in the world of reading, writing, and publishing. All of them are incredibly useful. I hope…Read More
Don’t Let the Decline of Spoken English Ruin Your Writing
Please welcome author Debra Brenegan with an insightful guest post about grammar and writing. We are all a little sloppy when we speak. We skip some of the basic grammar rules in order to create intimacy and shortcuts — like secrets between best friends. Such conversation helps us connect to others. But when casual phrases…Read More
Motivation for Writers: Five Techniques
Please welcome guest blogger Aileen Pablo with five tips to help writers stay motivated. Tell me if this sounds familiar: you planned on starting that draft of your novel last month, but life got in the way. Now answer me this – how many months have you been using that excuse? The shameful secret that…Read More
The Life-Changing Effects of Reading
Please welcome guest blogger Lena Paul, sharing insight on the benefits of reading. Avid readers know the feeling: reading the last word of a book, slowly closing the cover, and being changed. Great books change people, whether it is how they view the world or how they feel about themselves. Reading can be life-altering. Literacy…Read More
Writing Forward Celebrates Its Five-Year Anniversary
On September 1, 2007, I launched Writing Forward. On that day, five years ago, I never could have imagined that it would become what it is today. Back then, Writing Forward explored all forms of writing, not just creative writing. Posts about business writing and copywriting were mixed in with posts about fiction and poetry. I…Read More
Learning the Hard Way: Editing is Critical
Please welcome guest blogger, Scott Bartlett, with a post about the importance of editing. It took me a couple novels to get used to the idea that writers also have to be editors. (In fact, they should be editors more frequently than they’re writers, but I’ll get to that a little later.) I wrote my…Read More
Kindle Edition of 101 Creative Writing Exercises on Sale for 99¢
From now through Sunday 7/22 you can download the Kindle edition of my book, 101 Creative Writing Exercises for just 99¢. About 101 Creative Writing Exercises 101 Creative Writing Exercises takes you on an adventure through the world of creative writing. You’ll experiment with fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. You’ll discover literary terms and writing…Read More
The Myth of All-You-Can-Eat Sensory Details
Please welcome author Lisa Cron with a guest post on sensory details in writing. Writers are often advised to stock their stories with abundant sensory details in order to bring them to life. This can indeed be good advice, because sensory details allow the reader to create vivid mental images. In fact, as recent brain…Read More
Ray Bradbury (1920 – 2012)
“I believe the universe created us; we are an audience for miracles. In that sense, I guess, I’m religious.” — Ray Bradbury, AARP Magazine Beloved author Ray Bradbury died on Tuesday, June 5, 2012. He was best known for his collection of short stories, The Martian Chronicles and his novella Fahrenheit 451 (aff links), a dystopian…Read More
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