You work for months, maybe even years, and finally get to type those two, beautiful little words: The End.Now what?Look for an agent? Self-publish? Submit to Independent Presses? There are…
Once you feel your manuscript is "done," one of the best things you can do is set it aside and ignore it for a few days, weeks, or months. Work…
What is dialogue and how does it impact your fiction writing?Dialogue is everything your characters actually say to each other. An internal conversation is a monologue. This can also be…
Character DevelopmentLast week I wrote about formatting. Regardless of whether I'm working on a stage script or a manuscript, I always try to write with correct format on the first…
The Literary world is full of gatekeepers. Publishers have editors. Reaching an editor often requires an agent. Reaching an agent requires an introduction. An introduction usually requires either a good, solid…