Conferences are fantastic ways for writers to meet agents, editors, and colleagues, to get feedback on their writing, and to get away from their desk. Most of these cost money, but some have scholarships, and others are relatively cheap, so don’t let finances keep you from furthering your writing career. Here are 18 conferences that […]
Writing young adult novels is a bit like playing Concentration, the memory game where you have a bunch of mixed-up pairs of cards facedown and have to match them up by randomly flipping over two at a time. You have to remember how it felt to be sixteen and simultaneously enamored and terrified of the world. Anyone who was an avid reader […]
Writers everywhere have a similar problem. When I tell people that I want to have a career in writing, most of them look at me like I grew 2 extra heads. I’ve even had someone tell me it is “a waste of money to go to school for writing.” I don’t let their comments affect […]
1. Find A Book Editor in Creative Ways Don’t just Google a book editor. You’re going to find the most famous editors that way, the ones swamped with clients and with a 3 or 4 month wait time. You’re also going to find the most expensive ones that way, and expensive doesn’t always translate to best. […]
Novels are difficult to write because of size, but short stories are difficult because they require perfection. Any tiny little mistake in a short story becomes magnified into gigantic proportions. If a minor character fails to come alive in a novel, you can forgive the error because there is so many other things to enjoy, […]
Whether you are a fiction fanatic or a pure poet, there is a literary magazine out there for you! Below are the top 50 literary magazines that are ready to showcase your story. Based on the search tool SimilarWeb, I averaged out the traffic visits of each website from the last three months and ranked them according […]
Your characters matter more than your plot. I’ll say it again: your characters matter more than your plot. You can give your audience dragons, mystery, romance, or even a massacre at a wedding, but none of that will matter if the reader doesn’t care what happens to the people. They are the ones who drive […]
Are you ready to write a short story, but not sure where to start? Get some new ideas today with these diverse and engaging short story ideas. Though I’ve broken them up into subcategories, don’t feel limited by the headings. Feel free to add some romance to a supernatural story, or frame a family tale […]
Everybody has writing tips for authors, especially people who aren’t writers. “Write about vampires,” your cousin says. “Write something like Harry Potter,” your niece says. These writing tips are generally unhelpful, to say the least. Which is why all this writing advice from 50 famous authors is simply stupendous. You get access into the brains of 50 […]
How many times have you heard “when it rains, it pours” or “everything happens for a reason”? These clichés are like a broken record (cliché intended). Clichés are phrases or sayings that have been overused and said too much and completely lack originality. As originality is key in any sort of writing, especially creative writing, […]
