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WRITING COACH
A writing coach should be able to relate to your struggles while offering solutions to help you overcome your challenges. A good writing coach will hold you accountable and firmly, but gently, encourage you to stick to your goals and make sure you complete your projects. Finally, a writing coach is more than a productivity guide. SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS CREATIVE WRITING PROMPTS Today’s post includes a selection of prompts from 1200 Creative Writing Prompts.Enjoy! Civilization. Society. Culture. We live in a complex world fraught with struggles. Most of us are so busy worrying about our own personal problems that we have little time to think about problems that plague our communities, countries, and the planet. CREATIVE WRITING: JOURNALS Today’s post is an excerpt from Ready, Set, Write: A Guide to Creative Writing, a book that provides tips and tools for writers while serving as a broad roadmap for anyone who wants to explore creative writing.This excerpt is from chapter seven: “Journals.” Enjoy! Journals are often confused for diaries. Technically, a diary is a type of journal, but a journal is any written log. WRITING TIPS: BE YOURSELF In life and in writing: be yourself. As writers, we strive to connect with a reading audience. After all, writing is all about communication. Whether we’re sharing our personal experiences, imparting ideas and information, or creating rich, compelling stories, we want our words to ring true. We want our work to be authentic. MYSTERIOUS AND THRILLING FICTION WRITING PROMPTS An old man or woman confesses a lifetime of secrets—many of which involve violence, torture, and murder. The protagonist is blamed for a murder but doesn’t remember committing it—even though every shred of evidence along with a hazy memory suggests otherwise. A group of young adults gets together to rent a cabin for a weekend. TIPS FOR DEVELOPING YOUR VOICE IN WRITING Each and every writer has a distinct way of writing. We repeat certain words, phrases, and expressions; there are patterns in how we arrange words in sentences and paragraphs, and our writing often carries a recognizable tone and rhythm. ORIGINALITY IN WRITING Today’s post is an excerpt from my book Ready, Set, Write: A Guide to Creative Writing, which takes you on a tour through various forms and genres of creative writing, providing you with tools, techniques, and tips to write more and write better. Enjoy! Originality in Writing. A lot of artists struggle with originality. Of course, we all want to be original, but is it possible? HOW TO PREPARE TO WORK WITH BETA READERS Establish a Timeline. People are busy, yet your beta readers have agreed to dedicate their personal time to essentially provide you with free work, so be respectful. Establish a date that you will send out your manuscript, and then send it on that date. Make sure your schedule will accommodate the deadlines you’ve set for yourself. CREATIVE WRITING PROMPTS INSPIRED BY RELATIONSHIPS You can use these prompts in any way that feels comfortable for you. Write a poem, a story, an essay, or a private journal entry. Let the words flow, and try to connect emotionally with whatever you’re writing. Some relationships aren’t simple enough to be classified as toxic or healthy. Writing about a complex relationship is, well,complex.
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WRITING COACH
A writing coach should be able to relate to your struggles while offering solutions to help you overcome your challenges. A good writing coach will hold you accountable and firmly, but gently, encourage you to stick to your goals and make sure you complete your projects. Finally, a writing coach is more than a productivity guide. SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS CREATIVE WRITING PROMPTS Today’s post includes a selection of prompts from 1200 Creative Writing Prompts.Enjoy! Civilization. Society. Culture. We live in a complex world fraught with struggles. Most of us are so busy worrying about our own personal problems that we have little time to think about problems that plague our communities, countries, and the planet. CREATIVE WRITING: JOURNALS Today’s post is an excerpt from Ready, Set, Write: A Guide to Creative Writing, a book that provides tips and tools for writers while serving as a broad roadmap for anyone who wants to explore creative writing.This excerpt is from chapter seven: “Journals.” Enjoy! Journals are often confused for diaries. Technically, a diary is a type of journal, but a journal is any written log. WRITING TIPS: BE YOURSELF In life and in writing: be yourself. As writers, we strive to connect with a reading audience. After all, writing is all about communication. Whether we’re sharing our personal experiences, imparting ideas and information, or creating rich, compelling stories, we want our words to ring true. We want our work to be authentic. MYSTERIOUS AND THRILLING FICTION WRITING PROMPTS An old man or woman confesses a lifetime of secrets—many of which involve violence, torture, and murder. The protagonist is blamed for a murder but doesn’t remember committing it—even though every shred of evidence along with a hazy memory suggests otherwise. A group of young adults gets together to rent a cabin for a weekend. TIPS FOR DEVELOPING YOUR VOICE IN WRITING Each and every writer has a distinct way of writing. We repeat certain words, phrases, and expressions; there are patterns in how we arrange words in sentences and paragraphs, and our writing often carries a recognizable tone and rhythm. ORIGINALITY IN WRITING Today’s post is an excerpt from my book Ready, Set, Write: A Guide to Creative Writing, which takes you on a tour through various forms and genres of creative writing, providing you with tools, techniques, and tips to write more and write better. Enjoy! Originality in Writing. A lot of artists struggle with originality. Of course, we all want to be original, but is it possible? HOW TO PREPARE TO WORK WITH BETA READERS Establish a Timeline. People are busy, yet your beta readers have agreed to dedicate their personal time to essentially provide you with free work, so be respectful. Establish a date that you will send out your manuscript, and then send it on that date. Make sure your schedule will accommodate the deadlines you’ve set for yourself. CREATIVE WRITING PROMPTS INSPIRED BY RELATIONSHIPS You can use these prompts in any way that feels comfortable for you. Write a poem, a story, an essay, or a private journal entry. Let the words flow, and try to connect emotionally with whatever you’re writing. Some relationships aren’t simple enough to be classified as toxic or healthy. Writing about a complex relationship is, well,complex.
HOW TO HARVEST CREATIVE WRITING IDEAS FROM THE NEWSSEE MORE ONWRITINGFORWARD.COM
WRITING FORWARD
Explore fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction writing with exercises that stretch your skills and your imagination. You’ll discover tools and techniques that will improve your writing through fun yet practical projects that you can submit and publish. 101 Creative Writing Exercises gives TOP SECRET FICTION WRITING PROMPTS Secretive Fiction Writing Prompts. Think about the secrets in books like The Da Vinci Code (aff link) — secrets that shock you or make you think about the world in new ways. Try to come up with some interesting secrets for your fiction. Use the fiction writing prompts below to write a scene, a whole story, or to come up with some reallygreat
FROM 101 CREATIVE WRITING EXERCISES: WHAT'S YOUR Today, I’d like to share a fun exercise from my book 101 Creative Writing Exercises (aff link), which is packed with writing exercises that encourage you to explore different forms and genres while you discover useful writing techniques. You’ll find plenty of inspiration throughout the book with ideas for projects you caneventually publish.
CREATIVE WRITING PROMPTS INSPIRED BY RELATIONSHIPS You can use these prompts in any way that feels comfortable for you. Write a poem, a story, an essay, or a private journal entry. Let the words flow, and try to connect emotionally with whatever you’re writing. Some relationships aren’t simple enough to be classified as toxic or healthy. Writing about a complex relationship is, well,complex.
CREATIVE WRITING PROMPTS FOR MOVIE LOVERS Creative writing prompts for movie lovers. Today’s prompts are selected from the book 1200 Creative Writing Prompts. Enjoy! There’s nothing quite like sitting with a room full of strangers in a darkened movie theater. The air is filled with the smell of hot, buttered popcorn. Feet shuffle, chairs creak, and you can hear ice rattlingaround
DO YOU NEED A PLACE TO WRITE? Today's post is an excerpt from 10 Core Practices for Better Writing. This comes from "Chapter Eight: Tools and Resources," and it examines a writer's need for a place to write.A Place to Write HOW TO HARVEST CREATIVE WRITING IDEAS FROM THE NEWS The news is a great source of writing ideas. Creative people are always looking for inspiration, and writers are no exception. We look to the people in our lives, to nature, and to the books, music, and films that we love. We call on our muses, we doodle, and we daydream. We record our dreams, meditate, and contemplate. 12 NATURE-INSPIRED CREATIVE WRITING PROMPTS Nature inspires, and so do these creative writing prompts. Today’s post includes a selection of prompts from my book, 1200 Creative Writing Prompts. Enjoy! Creative writing prompts are excellent tools for writers who are feeling uninspired or who simply want to tackle a new writing challenge. Today’s creative writing prompts focus onnature.
ORIGINALITY IN STORYTELLING Joseph Campbell dissected the major elements of narrative and produced the Monomyth (or Hero’s Journey) in The Hero with a Thousand Faces (aff link), which identified the core plot elements of storytelling in the realms of mythology and folklore. Campbell’s ideas have been applied, tested, dissected, rearranged, and resurrected by writers COMMUNICATING WITH POETRY: THE SEARCH FOR DEEPER MEANING The search for deeper meaning in a poem implies that it might contain a hidden message. But poetry is not coded messaging; it's artful communication. It's more useful to WRITING FORWARDABOUTBOOKSBLOGCOACHINGCONTACTREADY, SET, WRITE: A GUIDETO CREATIVE WRITING
Explore fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction writing with exercises that stretch your skills and your imagination. You’ll discover tools and techniques that will improve your writing through fun yet practical projects that you can submit and publish. 101 Creative Writing Exercises givesWRITING COACH
A writing coach should be able to relate to your struggles while offering solutions to help you overcome your challenges. A good writing coach will hold you accountable and firmly, but gently, encourage you to stick to your goals and make sure you complete your projects. Finally, a writing coach is more than a productivity guide. SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS CREATIVE WRITING PROMPTS Today’s post includes a selection of prompts from 1200 Creative Writing Prompts.Enjoy! Civilization. Society. Culture. We live in a complex world fraught with struggles. Most of us are so busy worrying about our own personal problems that we have little time to think about problems that plague our communities, countries, and the planet. TYPES OF CREATIVE WRITING Types of Creative Writing. Free writing: Open a notebook or an electronic document and just start writing. Allow strange words and images to find their way to the page. Anything goes! Also called stream-of-consciousness writing, free writing is the pinnacle of MYSTERIOUS AND THRILLING FICTION WRITING PROMPTS An old man or woman confesses a lifetime of secrets—many of which involve violence, torture, and murder. The protagonist is blamed for a murder but doesn’t remember committing it—even though every shred of evidence along with a hazy memory suggests otherwise. A group of young adults gets together to rent a cabin for a weekend. TOP SECRET FICTION WRITING PROMPTS Secretive Fiction Writing Prompts. Think about the secrets in books like The Da Vinci Code (aff link) — secrets that shock you or make you think about the world in new ways. Try to come up with some interesting secrets for your fiction. Use the fiction writing prompts below to write a scene, a whole story, or to come up with some reallygreat
20 CREATIVE WRITING CAREERS If creative writing is your passion, then you'd probably enjoy a career in which you could spend all day (or at least most of the day) pursuing that passion.But creative writing is an artistic FICTION WRITING PROMPTS FOR ROMANCE AND LOVE STORIES Amorous Fiction Writing Prompts. Today’s fiction writing prompts are designed to spark ideas for writing either a romance or a love story. Some of these prompts encourage you cross genres. Two characters are at odds with each other because they want the same thing, but only one of them can have it. The thing they want could be a job, winning WHAT ARE PLOT POINTS? GRAMMAR RULES: WHO VS. WHOM Some months ago, while listening to Grammar Girl (one of my favorite podcasts), I picked up a neat little trick for remembering when to use who vs. whom. Both whom and him are pronouns that end with the letter m. So, all you do is remove the interrogative pronoun and replace it with he or him. If you would replace the interrogative pronoun WRITING FORWARDABOUTBOOKSBLOGCOACHINGCONTACTREADY, SET, WRITE: A GUIDETO CREATIVE WRITING
Explore fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction writing with exercises that stretch your skills and your imagination. You’ll discover tools and techniques that will improve your writing through fun yet practical projects that you can submit and publish. 101 Creative Writing Exercises givesWRITING COACH
A writing coach should be able to relate to your struggles while offering solutions to help you overcome your challenges. A good writing coach will hold you accountable and firmly, but gently, encourage you to stick to your goals and make sure you complete your projects. Finally, a writing coach is more than a productivity guide. SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS CREATIVE WRITING PROMPTS Today’s post includes a selection of prompts from 1200 Creative Writing Prompts.Enjoy! Civilization. Society. Culture. We live in a complex world fraught with struggles. Most of us are so busy worrying about our own personal problems that we have little time to think about problems that plague our communities, countries, and the planet. TYPES OF CREATIVE WRITING Types of Creative Writing. Free writing: Open a notebook or an electronic document and just start writing. Allow strange words and images to find their way to the page. Anything goes! Also called stream-of-consciousness writing, free writing is the pinnacle of MYSTERIOUS AND THRILLING FICTION WRITING PROMPTS An old man or woman confesses a lifetime of secrets—many of which involve violence, torture, and murder. The protagonist is blamed for a murder but doesn’t remember committing it—even though every shred of evidence along with a hazy memory suggests otherwise. A group of young adults gets together to rent a cabin for a weekend. TOP SECRET FICTION WRITING PROMPTS Secretive Fiction Writing Prompts. Think about the secrets in books like The Da Vinci Code (aff link) — secrets that shock you or make you think about the world in new ways. Try to come up with some interesting secrets for your fiction. Use the fiction writing prompts below to write a scene, a whole story, or to come up with some reallygreat
20 CREATIVE WRITING CAREERS If creative writing is your passion, then you'd probably enjoy a career in which you could spend all day (or at least most of the day) pursuing that passion.But creative writing is an artistic FICTION WRITING PROMPTS FOR ROMANCE AND LOVE STORIES Amorous Fiction Writing Prompts. Today’s fiction writing prompts are designed to spark ideas for writing either a romance or a love story. Some of these prompts encourage you cross genres. Two characters are at odds with each other because they want the same thing, but only one of them can have it. The thing they want could be a job, winning WHAT ARE PLOT POINTS? GRAMMAR RULES: WHO VS. WHOM Some months ago, while listening to Grammar Girl (one of my favorite podcasts), I picked up a neat little trick for remembering when to use who vs. whom. Both whom and him are pronouns that end with the letter m. So, all you do is remove the interrogative pronoun and replace it with he or him. If you would replace the interrogative pronoun 36 POETRY WRITING TIPS 36 Poetry Writing Tips. Read lots of poetry. In fact, read a lot of anything if you want to produce better writing. Write poetry as often as you can. Designate a special notebook (or space in your notebook) for poetry writing. Try writing in form (sonnets, haiku, etc.). Useimagery.
FICTION WRITING PROMPTS FOR THE YOUNG ADULT (YA) GENRE Fiction Writing Prompts for Writers of YA Fiction. You can use these fiction writing prompts to inspire a short story, novel, or screenplay. Mix and match them, change them, adapt them in any way that feels right to you. On the first day of school, two best friends discover a frightening secret about one of their new teachers. 23 FICTION WRITING IDEAS THAT WILL REVITALIZE YOUR STORY Give your story some zing by tying the plot up in knots. Nothing keeps readers glued to the page like plot twists and cliffhangers. Fine-tune the descriptions. Don’t tell us the character is staring at a wall. Show him staring at something on the wall: a crack, an ant, or peelingwallpaper.
HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR POETRY SKILLS Keep a notebook or journal in which you can write your thoughts and responses to various works, and jot down your favorite excerpts. Bonus tip: you can also watch or listen to recorded or live poetry. Write regularly: Beginning poets have a tendency to take up the pen only when the mood strikes. By engaging your creativity on a daily basis,the
FUTURISTIC INSPIRATION FOR SPECULATIVE FICTION You’ll need to envision what the world looked like in the past, what it looks like today, and what it might look like in the distant future. Use these questions to spark ideas, and then write a story, an outline, or just a short scene. The goal is to engage your imagination, remove barriers that block all the possibilities, andopen your mind.
GRAMMAR RULES: WHO VS. WHOM Some months ago, while listening to Grammar Girl (one of my favorite podcasts), I picked up a neat little trick for remembering when to use who vs. whom. Both whom and him are pronouns that end with the letter m. So, all you do is remove the interrogative pronoun and replace it with he or him. If you would replace the interrogative pronoun HOW TO IDENTIFY THE PROTAGONIST IN A STORY The protagonist faces challenges, particularly the central challenge or conflict within the story. The protagonist wants or needs something (has a goal). The antagonist’s actions are interfering with the protagonist’s ability to achieve the goal. The protagonist makeschoices or
WHAT ARE PLOT POINTS? Minor plot correctionthe rebel base wasn’t on Yavin IV which is a gas giant. The base was on a habitable moon of Yavin IVwhich leads to a plot hole since apparently the Death Star wasn’t powerful enough to take out a gas giant which would have GRAMMAR RULES: CAPITALIZATION Capitalization of Acronyms. Every letter in an acronym should be capitalized, regardless of whether the words those letters represent start with capital letters: The acronym for Writing Forward would be WF. WYSIWYG is an acronym that stands for what you see is what youget.
THE FIVE RULES OF WRITING FLASHBACKS To assist with this quandary, I offer the following five rules of writing flashbacks: The first rule of flashback is just that, when we flash back, we do so for a reason. And—get this—we reveal this reason to the reader. This reveal can be subtle, but readers need to be able to make some kind of connection to why we just went there orthey
WRITING FORWARDABOUTBOOKSBLOGCOACHINGCONTACTREADY, SET, WRITE: A GUIDETO CREATIVE WRITING
Explore fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction writing with exercises that stretch your skills and your imagination. You’ll discover tools and techniques that will improve your writing through fun yet practical projects that you can submit and publish. 101 Creative Writing Exercises givesWRITING COACH
A writing coach should be able to relate to your struggles while offering solutions to help you overcome your challenges. A good writing coach will hold you accountable and firmly, but gently, encourage you to stick to your goals and make sure you complete your projects. Finally, a writing coach is more than a productivity guide. SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS CREATIVE WRITING PROMPTS Today’s post includes a selection of prompts from 1200 Creative Writing Prompts.Enjoy! Civilization. Society. Culture. We live in a complex world fraught with struggles. Most of us are so busy worrying about our own personal problems that we have little time to think about problems that plague our communities, countries, and the planet. TYPES OF CREATIVE WRITING Types of Creative Writing. Free writing: Open a notebook or an electronic document and just start writing. Allow strange words and images to find their way to the page. Anything goes! Also called stream-of-consciousness writing, free writing is the pinnacle of MYSTERIOUS AND THRILLING FICTION WRITING PROMPTS An old man or woman confesses a lifetime of secrets—many of which involve violence, torture, and murder. The protagonist is blamed for a murder but doesn’t remember committing it—even though every shred of evidence along with a hazy memory suggests otherwise. A group of young adults gets together to rent a cabin for a weekend. TOP SECRET FICTION WRITING PROMPTS Secretive Fiction Writing Prompts. Think about the secrets in books like The Da Vinci Code (aff link) — secrets that shock you or make you think about the world in new ways. Try to come up with some interesting secrets for your fiction. Use the fiction writing prompts below to write a scene, a whole story, or to come up with some reallygreat
20 CREATIVE WRITING CAREERS If creative writing is your passion, then you'd probably enjoy a career in which you could spend all day (or at least most of the day) pursuing that passion.But creative writing is an artistic FICTION WRITING PROMPTS FOR ROMANCE AND LOVE STORIES Amorous Fiction Writing Prompts. Today’s fiction writing prompts are designed to spark ideas for writing either a romance or a love story. Some of these prompts encourage you cross genres. Two characters are at odds with each other because they want the same thing, but only one of them can have it. The thing they want could be a job, winning WHAT ARE PLOT POINTS? GRAMMAR RULES: WHO VS. WHOM Some months ago, while listening to Grammar Girl (one of my favorite podcasts), I picked up a neat little trick for remembering when to use who vs. whom. Both whom and him are pronouns that end with the letter m. So, all you do is remove the interrogative pronoun and replace it with he or him. If you would replace the interrogative pronoun WRITING FORWARDABOUTBOOKSBLOGCOACHINGCONTACTREADY, SET, WRITE: A GUIDETO CREATIVE WRITING
Explore fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction writing with exercises that stretch your skills and your imagination. You’ll discover tools and techniques that will improve your writing through fun yet practical projects that you can submit and publish. 101 Creative Writing Exercises givesWRITING COACH
A writing coach should be able to relate to your struggles while offering solutions to help you overcome your challenges. A good writing coach will hold you accountable and firmly, but gently, encourage you to stick to your goals and make sure you complete your projects. Finally, a writing coach is more than a productivity guide. SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS CREATIVE WRITING PROMPTS Today’s post includes a selection of prompts from 1200 Creative Writing Prompts.Enjoy! Civilization. Society. Culture. We live in a complex world fraught with struggles. Most of us are so busy worrying about our own personal problems that we have little time to think about problems that plague our communities, countries, and the planet. TYPES OF CREATIVE WRITING Types of Creative Writing. Free writing: Open a notebook or an electronic document and just start writing. Allow strange words and images to find their way to the page. Anything goes! Also called stream-of-consciousness writing, free writing is the pinnacle of MYSTERIOUS AND THRILLING FICTION WRITING PROMPTS An old man or woman confesses a lifetime of secrets—many of which involve violence, torture, and murder. The protagonist is blamed for a murder but doesn’t remember committing it—even though every shred of evidence along with a hazy memory suggests otherwise. A group of young adults gets together to rent a cabin for a weekend. TOP SECRET FICTION WRITING PROMPTS Secretive Fiction Writing Prompts. Think about the secrets in books like The Da Vinci Code (aff link) — secrets that shock you or make you think about the world in new ways. Try to come up with some interesting secrets for your fiction. Use the fiction writing prompts below to write a scene, a whole story, or to come up with some reallygreat
20 CREATIVE WRITING CAREERS If creative writing is your passion, then you'd probably enjoy a career in which you could spend all day (or at least most of the day) pursuing that passion.But creative writing is an artistic FICTION WRITING PROMPTS FOR ROMANCE AND LOVE STORIES Amorous Fiction Writing Prompts. Today’s fiction writing prompts are designed to spark ideas for writing either a romance or a love story. Some of these prompts encourage you cross genres. Two characters are at odds with each other because they want the same thing, but only one of them can have it. The thing they want could be a job, winning WHAT ARE PLOT POINTS? GRAMMAR RULES: WHO VS. WHOM Some months ago, while listening to Grammar Girl (one of my favorite podcasts), I picked up a neat little trick for remembering when to use who vs. whom. Both whom and him are pronouns that end with the letter m. So, all you do is remove the interrogative pronoun and replace it with he or him. If you would replace the interrogative pronoun 36 POETRY WRITING TIPS 36 Poetry Writing Tips. Read lots of poetry. In fact, read a lot of anything if you want to produce better writing. Write poetry as often as you can. Designate a special notebook (or space in your notebook) for poetry writing. Try writing in form (sonnets, haiku, etc.). Useimagery.
FICTION WRITING PROMPTS FOR THE YOUNG ADULT (YA) GENRE Fiction Writing Prompts for Writers of YA Fiction. You can use these fiction writing prompts to inspire a short story, novel, or screenplay. Mix and match them, change them, adapt them in any way that feels right to you. On the first day of school, two best friends discover a frightening secret about one of their new teachers. 23 FICTION WRITING IDEAS THAT WILL REVITALIZE YOUR STORY Give your story some zing by tying the plot up in knots. Nothing keeps readers glued to the page like plot twists and cliffhangers. Fine-tune the descriptions. Don’t tell us the character is staring at a wall. Show him staring at something on the wall: a crack, an ant, or peelingwallpaper.
HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR POETRY SKILLS Keep a notebook or journal in which you can write your thoughts and responses to various works, and jot down your favorite excerpts. Bonus tip: you can also watch or listen to recorded or live poetry. Write regularly: Beginning poets have a tendency to take up the pen only when the mood strikes. By engaging your creativity on a daily basis,the
FUTURISTIC INSPIRATION FOR SPECULATIVE FICTION You’ll need to envision what the world looked like in the past, what it looks like today, and what it might look like in the distant future. Use these questions to spark ideas, and then write a story, an outline, or just a short scene. The goal is to engage your imagination, remove barriers that block all the possibilities, andopen your mind.
GRAMMAR RULES: WHO VS. WHOM Some months ago, while listening to Grammar Girl (one of my favorite podcasts), I picked up a neat little trick for remembering when to use who vs. whom. Both whom and him are pronouns that end with the letter m. So, all you do is remove the interrogative pronoun and replace it with he or him. If you would replace the interrogative pronoun HOW TO IDENTIFY THE PROTAGONIST IN A STORY The protagonist faces challenges, particularly the central challenge or conflict within the story. The protagonist wants or needs something (has a goal). The antagonist’s actions are interfering with the protagonist’s ability to achieve the goal. The protagonist makeschoices or
WHAT ARE PLOT POINTS? Minor plot correctionthe rebel base wasn’t on Yavin IV which is a gas giant. The base was on a habitable moon of Yavin IVwhich leads to a plot hole since apparently the Death Star wasn’t powerful enough to take out a gas giant which would have GRAMMAR RULES: CAPITALIZATION Capitalization of Acronyms. Every letter in an acronym should be capitalized, regardless of whether the words those letters represent start with capital letters: The acronym for Writing Forward would be WF. WYSIWYG is an acronym that stands for what you see is what youget.
THE FIVE RULES OF WRITING FLASHBACKS To assist with this quandary, I offer the following five rules of writing flashbacks: The first rule of flashback is just that, when we flash back, we do so for a reason. And—get this—we reveal this reason to the reader. This reveal can be subtle, but readers need to be able to make some kind of connection to why we just went there orthey
WRITING COACH
Your Writing Coach. As your writing coach, I will help you:. Identify and prioritize your creative writing goals. Stay focused on your objectives and projects. Find your way through the process of a large-scale project, such as writing a book or developing a blog. SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS CREATIVE WRITING PROMPTS Today’s post includes a selection of prompts from 1200 Creative Writing Prompts.Enjoy! Civilization. Society. Culture. We live in a complex world fraught with struggles. Most of us are so busy worrying about our own personal problems that we have little time to think about problems that plague our communities, countries, and the planet. WRITING TIPS: BE YOURSELF Compare that to an author like J.K. Rowling, who wrote a fantasy children’s novel — a tome really — despite it being a difficult genre. Consider how, even in the face of rejection after rejection by the publishing industry, she kept pursuing her vision. CREATIVE WRITING: JOURNALS Today’s post is an excerpt from Ready, Set, Write: A Guide to Creative Writing, a book that provides tips and tools for writers while serving as a broad roadmap for anyone who wants to explore creative writing.This excerpt is from chapter seven: “Journals.” Enjoy! Journals are often confused for diaries. Technically, a diary is a type of journal, but a journal is any written log. MYSTERIOUS AND THRILLING FICTION WRITING PROMPTS Sometimes it’s hard to start a new writing project. Maybe you’re overwhelmed by too many ideas and can’t decide which one to tackle. Or maybe you’re searching for the right idea, something to spark your imagination and inspire your next story. TOP SECRET FICTION WRITING PROMPTS Thanks, Marelisa. That Mark Twain quote is pretty funny. He left us many wonderful quotes, and a lot of them are humorous. Here’s a secret from a famous movie: When Scarlett went to visit Rhett in the dress made from the curtains, she was trying to keep secret from him the fact that she’d been working the land. GRAMMAR RULES: WHO VS. WHOM It sounds old-fashioned: To whom have you sent those letters? Modern colloquial speakers expect something more along the lines of Who did you send those letters to?. While whom may sound outdated, it is still the technically correct word in certain situations.. Let’s examine the rules and practices surrounding who vs. whom.. One of our example sentences (Who did you send those letters to? 12 NATURE-INSPIRED CREATIVE WRITING PROMPTS Today’s post includes a selection of prompts from my book, 1200 Creative Writing Prompts. Enjoy! Creative writing prompts are excellent tools for writers who are feeling uninspired or who simply want to tackle a new writing challenge. HOW TO PREPARE TO WORK WITH BETA READERS Beta readers are people who read your manuscript before you polish it for publication or submission to a literary agent or publisher. Unlike editors, beta readers are unpaid volunteers who provide feedback that you can use to make improvements to your work. HOW TO HARVEST CREATIVE WRITING IDEAS FROM THE NEWSSEE MORE ONWRITINGFORWARD.COM
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Your Writing Coach. As your writing coach, I will help you:. Identify and prioritize your creative writing goals. Stay focused on your objectives and projects. Find your way through the process of a large-scale project, such as writing a book or developing a blog. SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS CREATIVE WRITING PROMPTS Today’s post includes a selection of prompts from 1200 Creative Writing Prompts.Enjoy! Civilization. Society. Culture. We live in a complex world fraught with struggles. Most of us are so busy worrying about our own personal problems that we have little time to think about problems that plague our communities, countries, and the planet. WRITING TIPS: BE YOURSELF Compare that to an author like J.K. Rowling, who wrote a fantasy children’s novel — a tome really — despite it being a difficult genre. Consider how, even in the face of rejection after rejection by the publishing industry, she kept pursuing her vision. CREATIVE WRITING: JOURNALS Today’s post is an excerpt from Ready, Set, Write: A Guide to Creative Writing, a book that provides tips and tools for writers while serving as a broad roadmap for anyone who wants to explore creative writing.This excerpt is from chapter seven: “Journals.” Enjoy! Journals are often confused for diaries. Technically, a diary is a type of journal, but a journal is any written log. MYSTERIOUS AND THRILLING FICTION WRITING PROMPTS Sometimes it’s hard to start a new writing project. Maybe you’re overwhelmed by too many ideas and can’t decide which one to tackle. Or maybe you’re searching for the right idea, something to spark your imagination and inspire your next story. TOP SECRET FICTION WRITING PROMPTS Thanks, Marelisa. That Mark Twain quote is pretty funny. He left us many wonderful quotes, and a lot of them are humorous. Here’s a secret from a famous movie: When Scarlett went to visit Rhett in the dress made from the curtains, she was trying to keep secret from him the fact that she’d been working the land. GRAMMAR RULES: WHO VS. WHOM It sounds old-fashioned: To whom have you sent those letters? Modern colloquial speakers expect something more along the lines of Who did you send those letters to?. While whom may sound outdated, it is still the technically correct word in certain situations.. Let’s examine the rules and practices surrounding who vs. whom.. One of our example sentences (Who did you send those letters to? 12 NATURE-INSPIRED CREATIVE WRITING PROMPTS Today’s post includes a selection of prompts from my book, 1200 Creative Writing Prompts. Enjoy! Creative writing prompts are excellent tools for writers who are feeling uninspired or who simply want to tackle a new writing challenge. HOW TO PREPARE TO WORK WITH BETA READERS Beta readers are people who read your manuscript before you polish it for publication or submission to a literary agent or publisher. Unlike editors, beta readers are unpaid volunteers who provide feedback that you can use to make improvements to your work. HOW TO HARVEST CREATIVE WRITING IDEAS FROM THE NEWSSEE MORE ONWRITINGFORWARD.COM
THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO WRITING BETTER As I travel around the internet reading blogs, watching interviews, and listening to podcasts on writing, I've noticed that much of the focus is not on writing at all. There's a lot of talk about writ TOP SECRET FICTION WRITING PROMPTS Thanks, Marelisa. That Mark Twain quote is pretty funny. He left us many wonderful quotes, and a lot of them are humorous. Here’s a secret from a famous movie: When Scarlett went to visit Rhett in the dress made from the curtains, she was trying to keep secret from him the fact that she’d been working the land. FROM 101 CREATIVE WRITING EXERCISES: WHAT'S YOUR Today, I’d like to share a fun exercise from my book 101 Creative Writing Exercises (aff link), which is packed with writing exercises that encourage you to explore different forms and genres while you discover useful writing techniques. You’ll find plenty of inspiration throughout the book with ideas for projects you caneventually publish.
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A writing coach should be able to relate to your struggles while offering solutions to help you overcome your challenges. A good writing coach will hold you accountable and firmly, but gently, encourage you to stick to your goals and make sure you complete your projects. Finally, a writing coach is more than a productivity guide. SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS CREATIVE WRITING PROMPTS Today’s post includes a selection of prompts from 1200 Creative Writing Prompts.Enjoy! Civilization. Society. Culture. We live in a complex world fraught with struggles. Most of us are so busy worrying about our own personal problems that we have little time to think about problems that plague our communities, countries, and the planet. WRITING TIPS: BE YOURSELF In life and in writing: be yourself. As writers, we strive to connect with a reading audience. After all, writing is all about communication. Whether we’re sharing our personal experiences, imparting ideas and information, or creating rich, compelling stories, we want our words to ring true. We want our work to be authentic. 25 CREATIVE WRITING PROMPTS Creative Writing Prompts. Today I’d like to share a mash-up of creative writing prompts, all of which come from 1200 Creative Writing Prompts. There are no rules. Write a poem. Write a short story. Write an essay. Aim for a hundred words or aim for a hundred thousand. Just start writing, and have fun. 20 CREATIVE WRITING CAREERS If creative writing is your passion, then you'd probably enjoy a career in which you could spend all day (or at least most of the day) pursuing that passion.But creative writing is an artistic MYSTERIOUS AND THRILLING FICTION WRITING PROMPTS An old man or woman confesses a lifetime of secrets—many of which involve violence, torture, and murder. The protagonist is blamed for a murder but doesn’t remember committing it—even though every shred of evidence along with a hazy memory suggests otherwise. A group of young adults gets together to rent a cabin for a weekend. WHAT IF? WRITING EXERCISES FOR FICTION WRITERS A good writing exercise imparts useful tools and techniques that, once learned, will stay with you forever. 2. Practice: writing exercises force you to do more than study the craft; they also give you practice and experience. They work your writing muscles, which is why they’re called exercises. 3. GRAMMAR RULES: WHO VS. WHOM Some months ago, while listening to Grammar Girl (one of my favorite podcasts), I picked up a neat little trick for remembering when to use who vs. whom. Both whom and him are pronouns that end with the letter m. So, all you do is remove the interrogative pronoun and replace it with he or him. If you would replace the interrogative pronoun WHAT IS A STORY CONCEPT? A concept is an idea for a story, whereas a premise is a very brief sketch of a story. Concept gives us a general idea of what a story is about—a view from afar. Premise pulls the camera in closer so that we get a better sense of what’s going on in this story. A WRITING FORWARDABOUTBOOKSBLOGCOACHINGCONTACTREADY, SET, WRITE: A GUIDETO CREATIVE WRITING
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23 FICTION WRITING IDEAS THAT WILL REVITALIZE YOUR STORY Give your story some zing by tying the plot up in knots. Nothing keeps readers glued to the page like plot twists and cliffhangers. Fine-tune the descriptions. Don’t tell us the character is staring at a wall. Show him staring at something on the wall: a crack, an ant, or peelingwallpaper.
WHAT IS A STORY CONCEPT? A concept is an idea for a story, whereas a premise is a very brief sketch of a story. Concept gives us a general idea of what a story is about—a view from afar. Premise pulls the camera in closer so that we get a better sense of what’s going on in this story. A HOW TO WRITE YOUR FIRST AUTHOR BIO Be careful when mentioning dates or specific timelines. For example, it’s better to write, “She hopes to have her sci-fi novel completed soon” instead of “She hopes to have her sci-fi novel completed in 2014.”. Dates come and go. If you miss your own deadline you’ll look unprofessional. FROM 101 CREATIVE WRITING EXERCISES: WHAT'S YOUR The Exercise. Create a new superpower. Write a clear description of it, and make sure you include the following: Explain how the superpower is obtained. Anyone with that superpower also has a specific weakness (like Superman’s kryptonite). Describe how someone might use this superpower for good or evil. If you’re so inclined,create a
10 TIPS TO IMPROVE YOUR FICTION WRITING SKILLS If you are planning on writing a long work of fiction, you will essentially be “living in the story.”. Be prepared to shut yourself in as you work on bringing your tale to life. 6. Keep Pushing Forward. Don’t get caught up in the past; keep writing each day without taking time to go back and reread. POETRY WRITING EXERCISE: CREATIVE WORDPLAY Poetry Exercise: Creative Wordplay. Today’s poetry writing exercises encourage you to invent fresh and interesting words and phrases by using language in unexpected ways. To get started, you’ll need some words to work with, so make four lists of about a dozen words each: Once you’ve got some words to work with, you can start playing with GRAMMAR RULES: I.E. AND E.G. Id est means “that is.” It can also mean in other words.According to our grammar rules, when this term is abbreviated, it is always written with periods between and after the letters: i.e., and it should always be followed by a comma, and then the remainder of the sentence.It often acts as a conjunction, linking two separate phrasesor ideas together.
STORYTELLING EXERCISE: TIME LAPSE This is from a chapter called “Time Lapse,” which looks at how a story moves through time in a way that isn’t jarring to the reader. Enjoy! Stories don’t take readers through every minute of the characters’ lives. Scenes jump around in time, and the context lets us know how much time has passed. A morning scene shows charactersgroggy
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Story Drills: Fiction Writing Exercises. Story Drills: Fiction Writing Exercises is packed with lessons and exercises to help you learn the craft of storytelling.You’ll get practical tools and techniques for story development; study and analyze your favorite stories; gain experience through writing practice; and get questions and worksheets to help you create stories that resonate with readers. SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS CREATIVE WRITING PROMPTS Today’s post includes a selection of prompts from 1200 Creative Writing Prompts.Enjoy! Civilization. Society. Culture. We live in a complex world fraught with struggles. Most of us are so busy worrying about our own personal problems that we have little time to think about problems that plague our communities, countries, and the planet. MYSTERIOUS AND THRILLING FICTION WRITING PROMPTS Sometimes it’s hard to start a new writing project. Maybe you’re overwhelmed by too many ideas and can’t decide which one to tackle. Or maybe you’re searching for the right idea, something to spark your imagination and inspire your next story. WRITING TIPS: BE YOURSELF Compare that to an author like J.K. Rowling, who wrote a fantasy children’s novel — a tome really — despite it being a difficult genre. Consider how, even in the face of rejection after rejection by the publishing industry, she kept pursuing her vision. 25 CREATIVE WRITING PROMPTS what if the old man was a retired super spy and the young robber is homeless and broke. he tells this to the old man and the man trains him to be a good spy and lets the young robber live with him. then the old man gets the young robber a job as a spy and then they both find out that the retired spy is the young robbers father and the mother ran away while she was pregnant to go be with some GRAMMAR RULES: WHO VS. WHOM It sounds old-fashioned: To whom have you sent those letters? Modern colloquial speakers expect something more along the lines of Who did you send those letters to?. While whom may sound outdated, it is still the technically correct word in certain situations.. Let’s examine the rules and practices surrounding who vs. whom.. One of our example sentences (Who did you send those letters to? WHAT IS A STORY CONCEPT? Today’s post includes excerpts from What’s the Story?Building Blocks for Fiction Writing, chapter eleven: “Concept, Premise, and Loglines.”Enjoy! Most audiences are first introduced to stories as concepts, premises, or loglines. GRAMMAR RULES: I.E. AND E.G. Id est means “that is.” It can also mean in other words.According to our grammar rules, when this term is abbreviated, it is always written with periods between and after the letters: i.e., and it should always be followed by a comma, and then the remainder of the sentence.It often acts as a conjunction, linking two separate phrasesor ideas together.
HOW TO WRITE YOUR FIRST AUTHOR BIO Please welcome author Nicolas Frame with some good advice on writing your first author bio.It’s an invigorating feeling, receiving one’s first acceptance letter from an editor. We want you HOW TO WRITE FICTION BASED ON FACT Please welcome guest writer Sam Russell with a post about writing fiction based on fact.Let’s dispel a myth: you don’t have to write what you know. However, you WRITING FORWARDABOUTBOOKSBLOGCOACHINGCONTACTREADY, SET, WRITE: A GUIDETO CREATIVE WRITING
Story Drills: Fiction Writing Exercises. Story Drills: Fiction Writing Exercises is packed with lessons and exercises to help you learn the craft of storytelling.You’ll get practical tools and techniques for story development; study and analyze your favorite stories; gain experience through writing practice; and get questions and worksheets to help you create stories that resonate with readers. SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS CREATIVE WRITING PROMPTS Today’s post includes a selection of prompts from 1200 Creative Writing Prompts.Enjoy! Civilization. Society. Culture. We live in a complex world fraught with struggles. Most of us are so busy worrying about our own personal problems that we have little time to think about problems that plague our communities, countries, and the planet. MYSTERIOUS AND THRILLING FICTION WRITING PROMPTS Sometimes it’s hard to start a new writing project. Maybe you’re overwhelmed by too many ideas and can’t decide which one to tackle. Or maybe you’re searching for the right idea, something to spark your imagination and inspire your next story. WRITING TIPS: BE YOURSELF Compare that to an author like J.K. Rowling, who wrote a fantasy children’s novel — a tome really — despite it being a difficult genre. Consider how, even in the face of rejection after rejection by the publishing industry, she kept pursuing her vision. 25 CREATIVE WRITING PROMPTS what if the old man was a retired super spy and the young robber is homeless and broke. he tells this to the old man and the man trains him to be a good spy and lets the young robber live with him. then the old man gets the young robber a job as a spy and then they both find out that the retired spy is the young robbers father and the mother ran away while she was pregnant to go be with some GRAMMAR RULES: WHO VS. WHOM It sounds old-fashioned: To whom have you sent those letters? Modern colloquial speakers expect something more along the lines of Who did you send those letters to?. While whom may sound outdated, it is still the technically correct word in certain situations.. Let’s examine the rules and practices surrounding who vs. whom.. One of our example sentences (Who did you send those letters to? WHAT IS A STORY CONCEPT? Today’s post includes excerpts from What’s the Story?Building Blocks for Fiction Writing, chapter eleven: “Concept, Premise, and Loglines.”Enjoy! Most audiences are first introduced to stories as concepts, premises, or loglines. GRAMMAR RULES: I.E. AND E.G. Id est means “that is.” It can also mean in other words.According to our grammar rules, when this term is abbreviated, it is always written with periods between and after the letters: i.e., and it should always be followed by a comma, and then the remainder of the sentence.It often acts as a conjunction, linking two separate phrasesor ideas together.
HOW TO WRITE YOUR FIRST AUTHOR BIO Please welcome author Nicolas Frame with some good advice on writing your first author bio.It’s an invigorating feeling, receiving one’s first acceptance letter from an editor. We want you HOW TO WRITE FICTION BASED ON FACT Please welcome guest writer Sam Russell with a post about writing fiction based on fact.Let’s dispel a myth: you don’t have to write what you know. However, youWRITING COACH
Your Writing Coach. As your writing coach, I will help you:. Identify and prioritize your creative writing goals. Stay focused on your objectives and projects. Find your way through the process of a large-scale project, such as writing a book or developing a blog. 23 FICTION WRITING IDEAS THAT WILL REVITALIZE YOUR STORY Sometimes our fiction writing projects dry up. The characters turn out flat, the plot feels formulaic, and the story suddenly seems lackluster.This is when a lot of writers give up and file th WHAT IS A STORY CONCEPT? Today’s post includes excerpts from What’s the Story?Building Blocks for Fiction Writing, chapter eleven: “Concept, Premise, and Loglines.”Enjoy! Most audiences are first introduced to stories as concepts, premises, or loglines. GRAMMAR RULES: FEWER VS. LESS Ah, you tackle yet another tricky topic for a lot of people. Great post! I really love your site. Though I was an English major in college and still do a lot of writing both professionally and personally, it’s so great to have these little refreshers when Ivisit your site.
HOW TO WRITE YOUR FIRST AUTHOR BIO Please welcome author Nicolas Frame with some good advice on writing your first author bio.It’s an invigorating feeling, receiving one’s first acceptance letter from an editor. We want you GRAMMAR RULES: I.E. AND E.G. Id est means “that is.” It can also mean in other words.According to our grammar rules, when this term is abbreviated, it is always written with periods between and after the letters: i.e., and it should always be followed by a comma, and then the remainder of the sentence.It often acts as a conjunction, linking two separate phrasesor ideas together.
HOW TO CREATE A VILLAIN I have so much to say about this subject – writing villains and just violence in general. For me, the greatest villians of all time are the ones who are evil just because they can be (The Joker from Frank Miller’s run in the Batman comics is a perfect example). HOW TO WRITE FICTION BASED ON FACT Sam, Nice job of bringing your points to life, especially liked the spider’s blood analogy. I started writing novels about advertising because I know so much about it from being in the biz for twenty years and can get all the details right. HOW TO IDENTIFY THE PROTAGONIST IN A STORY This post contains affiliate links that earn commissions from qualifying purchases. In most stories, the protagonist is obvious: Harry Potter, Lisbeth Salander, and Katniss Everdeen are unquestionably the protagonists of their respective stories. But HOW TO CREATE EFFECTIVE SCENES AND CHAPTERS IN YOUR NOVEL Editing is tough work. Any writer can edit a 500-word blog post, but some freak out at the thought of editing an entire novel. It’s tough. Many writers even think it’s impossible to edit something like that, especially those who enjoy the writing but don’t likerevisions.
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