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Think Like A Doctor: Diagnose And Cure What Ails Your Book
One of the most important skills you can have as a writer is the ability to detach yourself from your work and diagnose its weaknesses objectively—as if you were a doctor examining a patient. We all...
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I Have A Dream: 8 Heart-Stopping Rhetorical Techniques Of King’s Speech
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech was a life-affirming call to all people to live together in love. But it was something else too: a literary masterpiece. King taught us a lot about...
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Mail Call: Is it Okay To Reuse Phrases From Your Own Work?
We recently received an interesting question sent by a reader to our general inbox: Dear Writer’s Relief, Is it okay to use the same phrases or lines of mine in different things that I’m writing? Is...
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Can You Make Up Dialogue In Memoirs Or Nonfiction Books?
Writing dialogue in memoirs or nonfiction books makes people nervous. And with good reason! Novelists base their work on fabrications of varying extents; memoirists and writers of narrative nonfiction...
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“Show, Don’t Tell”: How To Get It Right
Ah, “Show, don’t tell”—the words conjure up memories of red ink on high school English papers. But for many writers, knowing how to “show” and not “tell” is just as tricky now as it was in freshman...
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7 Ways To Find Writing Inspiration In Your Memories
By Susan Maccarelli of “Beyond Your Blog” I’m sure you’ve heard the old adage: Write what you know. Well, what do you know better than your own life story? But if you don’t have a great memory, you...
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Ten Must-Read Memoirs
November is National Memoir Month! While many writers are currently participating in NaNoWriMo, some are jogging their memories for personal recollections and old family stories to inspire their...
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How To Write A Great First Line (With 12 Unforgettable Examples)
Some writers can craft the perfect first line on the very first try—and if that’s happened to you, you can bet the writing muses were in a darn good mood that day. Most writers struggle, returning to...
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Creating Mood And Atmosphere In Your Writing
Many writers are able to create mood and atmosphere with little effort. But to become a better writer, you need a conscious, practical sense of the tools you can use to manipulate mood, atmosphere,...
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4 Steps To Editing Your NaNoWriMo Manuscript
Now that the elation (and adrenaline rush) from successfully completing a 50,000-word novel in a month has worn off, you’re probably wondering, Now what? Don’t pop open a bottle of champagne or start...
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