Happy New Year! I hope that 2019 is starting well for you and may this year bring you fulfillment, joy, and success! Here are the top 10 most popular posts on Writer’s Fun Zone in 2018. It’s fun to see what you, the WFZ readers, found the most valuable. Thank you for reading and commenting!
While all characters in a novel can have arcs, it’s the protagonist whose change should be the most significant. The Six Stages of Your Hero’s Character Arc
Don’t judge a book by its cover but sometimes we see a cover that just blows us away. 6 Amazing Examples of Book Cover Art To Inspire Yours.
Tips of Food Writing. Let’s start with some basics of writing about food. Because you just might want to write your own food novel!
Don’t get stressed out. Relax, we got this!. My top 11 list of what to do and not to do for writing a synopsis that doesn’t suck.
SALES! Check out these sales by trusted professionals! Act now, as they go away at the end of the year! For your writerly tech needs, like getting up to speed on Scrivener or sorting...
I’ll be teaching a Master Class just after the San Francisco Writer’s Conference in February 2018. The Master Classes are sponsored by the nonprofit San Francisco Writers Foundation, not the conference per se. So...
Hankering for adventure, romance, or thrills? Or help as a writer? Then check out our books on sale at Smashwords for their end of year sale. At one minute past midnight Pacific time on December...
Are you concerned about site security as you create your author site or maintain or overhaul yours? Then read on for some tools to help you secure your site. Recently I had a malware...
OH NO! My novel is loose in the universe. Well, I did it. I launched my debut novel in October of 2018. Softly…slowly and with little fanfare.
by Guest Contributor · Published December 20, 2018 · Last modified December 18, 2018
Holiday Gifts for Writers. Welcome to the holiday season! If you’re stumped on what gifts to get for the writers in your life, here are some suggestions:
Some books are easier to write than others. Some stories “write themselves,” while others seem uninspired. Lift Your Story with Character Archetypes.
I’d define the term “thick skin” as, “Confidence in one’s own abilities; a person’s ability to withstand arrows and barbs thrown at them; the ability to not take everything personally.”
I had a storyline but didn’t know exactly where my some of my new material would fit in so I just typed!
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