Every writer has heard this advice: Show, don't tell. It's all over the online writing communities and is often presented as some sort of...

When writing dialogue, it can feel like you are writing an endless stream of names, pronouns, and dialogue tags. It can be a delicate...

A conversation which doesn’t effect the story, no matter how dynamic, realistic, and well-written, will feel like an unnecessary aside.

One common mistake that writers make is to describe the character sensing or thinking about things, rather than to describe them directly.

Books are fun because they can get inside other people’s heads. You can experience another life through another person.

Whoever you’re trying to impress (an agent, a publisher, or even a reader), the beginning of your book is your one and only chance.

Every scene, every line, every word is from a point of view. This is how you draw your readers in and make them connect emotionally.