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Joyce Carol Oates’ Top 10 Tweet Tips on Writing
1) Write your heart out. 2) The first sentence can be written only after the last sentence has been written. FIRST DRAFTS ARE HELL. FINAL DRAFTS, PARADISE. 3) You are writing for your...
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To Save or Not to Save (the Cat): That is the Question
“There’s this inherent screenplay structure that everyone seems to be stuck on, this three-act thing. It doesn’t really interest me. To me, it’s kind of like saying, ‘Well, when you do a painting, you...
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Writing Style Is the Dress of Thoughts
Parsing prose. Syntactical structure. Conceptual framework. Your writing style is the voice you use to speak to your audience and is more than just diction and the words you choose, as it offers a...
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Famous Authors Reveal Their Writing Secrets (go on, you know you wanna look)
1. “The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.” — Mark...
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Writing Joke of the Day: Change a light bulb
How many screenwriters does it take to change a light bulb? Answer: Ten. 1st draft: Hero changes light bulb. 2nd draft: Villain changes light bulb. 3rd draft: Hero stops villain from changing light...
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Writing Joke of the Day: Heaven or Hell?
A writer died and was given the option of going to heaven or hell. She decided to check out each place first. As the writer descended into the fiery pits, she saw row upon row of writers chained to...
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Writing Joke of the Day: Comforting a Grammar Nazi
Q: What do you say when you are comforting a grammar nazi? A: There, Their, They’re English Professor “In English,” he said, “A double negative forms a positive. In some languages, though, such as...
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Famous Thoughts on Grammar and Usage
1. “You can be a little ungrammatical if you come from the right part of the country.” — Robert Frost 2. “Word has somehow got around that the split infinitive is always wrong. That is a piece with the...
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Unlock Your Inner Story
They say, “Everyone has at least one good book in them” and while I think book might be a bit of a stretch, I wholeheartedly believe that everyone has at least one good story in them. The natural...
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I Feel the Need, the Need For the Careful Build of Momentum
You’ve finally finished your latest piece of fiction. Congratulations! Once you’ve stuck a feather in your cap and given your back a big, hearty slap, you pass your gem along to a trusted reader… and...
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