Playing Dress Up: Judge Your Characters by Their Covers by Wyatt Bessing
Clothes can give your reader an important first impression of your character.
Writer's Fun Zone by Beth Barany
Novelists, How to Get Speaking Engagements by Beth Barany
In this article, I want to cover how to get speaking engagements for novelists. Yep, that’s right, standing up and talking to people, live. Lots of us writers are introverts, but the funny thing about...
Hearing Your Writing Voice by Kay Keppler
To keep your characters and your narration distinct, you need to be particularly aware of sentence and paragraph structure. Variation is critical.
Body Movement for Writers by Faith Van Horne
The idea of expressing art through one’s body can seem foreign in this environment, but I believe it’s vital for unlocking creative potential in other areas.
Editing on The Go by Tiffany Turpin Johnson
A few months back, I posted a column that outlined an efficient way to write your entire novel on your iPad or iPhone. But writing a novel is more than just stringing words together on your device. Eventually you’ll have to edit those words. And then edit them again. And again.
Writing a Survival Story by Summer Lane
Please welcome Summer Lane who is today’s guest columnist. Summer provides us with her thoughts on writing a survival story. Enjoy! *** It’s one thing to write a book. It’s another thing to write...
Characterization in a Flash by Annmarie Miles
Please welcome back Annmarie Miles for another month with Writer’s Fun Zone. In today’s article she discusses the importance of intriguing characterization from the start in flash fiction. Enjoy! *** Many writers agree that writing...
Artist Entrepreneur: T for Testimonials— The Artist’s Alphabet Guide to Writing About Your Art by Aletta de Wal
Welcome to the Artist Entrepreneur Column, an occasional series where we talk about the fun, wild and scary ride of succeeding as an artist entrepreneur of all stripes and types and mediums. Welcome back guest...
The Key to Writing Fantasy by Ryk E. Spoor
Please welcome Ryk E. Spoor who is today’s guest columnist. Ryk discusses the key to writing fantasy. Enjoy! *** I’ve been writing fantasy – in one form or another – for over thirty years, though...
Crowdfunding for Authors by PubSlush
Please welcome Amanda Barbara from PubSlush who is today’s guest columnist. Amanda discusses crowdfunding for authors. Enjoy! *** The ultimate goal of most writers is to get published, but the publishing industry, like many creative...
Travel Writing: Think Upside Down by Katya Cengel
Today we welcome back our guest columnist, Katya Cengel. Katya discusses with us how to take a fresh approach to travel writing and the ways in which this approach has benefited her. Enjoy! ***...
Music and Writing: Using Music When You Write by Michael H. Fox
I would like to welcome a new guest writer, Michael H. Fox, to Writer’s Fun Zone. Today Michael discusses music and writing, and how you can use music to help you write. Enjoy! *** Which...
Writers, First Give To Yourself by Beth Barany
Note: “I used Grammarly to grammar check this post, because what the heck and I don’t have an English degree. Nor do I want one. In this culture, we often think that the way to...
Roleplaying the Protagonist by Wyatt Bessing
Welcome back to another one of Writer’s Fun Zone’s monthly columnists: Wyatt Bessing. A writing coach and teacher, author, Wyatt Bessing shares his fun take on games, play, and how they help our writing. This month Wyatt...
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