There are countless writers out there who dream of someday selling a novel manuscript and being able to make a full-time living as a professional writer or novelist. Just imagine being able to quit y..

Many aspiring authors rush into the process of finding an agent and overlook a common pitfall – the rogue agent. Agents work hard for their money – or at least good ones do. Bad ones find easier w..

At the risk of spoiling the joke, I’ll start with the punch line – there is no such thing as a unique plot.There, that’s got it out in the open.Too many writers never put pen to paper because th..

Writing offers an opportunity to do something that filmmakers and artists can’t. You can allow your reader to get into the head of your characters.Unlike TV, where you are a casual observer, writin..

Many writers will tell you that they are great at research. They can spend up to six months prior to putting pen to paper – yet few actually bother to study the market they’re writing for.Now itâ€..

Depending on which expert you believe, up to 95% of communication is non-verbal.So if just five per cent represents the words, why do so many writers rely on this single aspect to convey what their ch..

When you’re considering writing a new story, just where do you get your ideas from? I have met many published authors and read interviews with countless more. Most of them confirm that this is the q..

Actors - don’t you just love ‘em? Well you should, as you can learn a lot as a writer from the people who are always asking, ‘What’s my motivation?’Method actors will research the role theyâ..

Many aspiring writers decide the way to start their career is to write for children. And they tend to have two very good reasons for deciding this:1. The woman that wrote the stories about the boy wiz..

Short stories have not always found their place in great literature. Thanks to great writers like Edgar Allan Poe, Ernest Hemingway, Anton Chekhov and others, short stories have received great notorie..

By describing the physical, personality, and temperamental territorial characteristics of Purrfect and Sophie, I can explain the bizarre relationship, or lack thereof, between two exceptionally spoile..

In fiction writing, events occur in strict chronological order. If you would like to know what this means, please read on!In previous articles I've used my fictional tongue-in-cheek character Detectiv..

There are some simple rules to remember when writing form a character's viewpoint, yet many forget them. Here's a rundown of some to remember . . .No matter what language you speak, regional accents a..

Have you ever wondered how some writers seem to have plenty of ideas to work with and others very few? Well, here perhaps is one reason why . . .If you have ever listened to anyone say something along..

Of the many different writing styles, viewpoint writing is probably the one that works best for aspiring writers - but what is it?Viewpoint writing is used extensively in modern novels, especially one..