Good Timing

Learn how good timing can improve your writing.

Writing Organic Fiction

This video describes what it means for a work of fiction to be organic and some ways you can bring more of this quality to your writing.

See Your Story the way Your Reader Will

This exercise will help you change your story to increase suspense and reader enjoyment.

Create a Most Evil Villain

The more you know your villain, the more evil and scary you can make him or her (or it.)

How Does "Political Correctness" Affect Your Writing?

All writers and story tellers need to work out their own approach.

Create Memorable Character

Use your own experience to learn ways of creating memorable characters.

Sidney Lumet: Writer a Better Script

Sidney Lumet in his book Making Movies discuses how autobiographical scripts are often not as interesting to the reader as they are to the writer! Learn the importance of seeing what is interesting to the reader weather your work is fiction or reality based.

What is a Cliche?

What makes something in film and writing a cliche and what can the writer and artist do about it?

Live Inside the Story You are Writing

Remember to put yourself inside each scene of the fiction story you are writing and imagine what it is like for your character to live inside that situation. Take the time to look around, think about what it feels like there.

Grammar Refresher

Grammar is based on 8 parts of speech:

verbs, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections.

Creative Writing: Analysis on What is at Stake

Write an analysis on what is at stake in your story to push your audience to the edge of their seats.

Writing a Title, Three Questions to Ask Yourself

When your writing a title here are three questions to ask yourself:

Is is catchy?
When spoken aloud, does it sound appealing?
Is it intriguing?

Organizing Back-story for Creative Writing

KeyNote NF is a freeware tabbed text editor that is great for developing a back-story for fiction and creative writing.

Attitude Towards Writing for Better Creative Writing Sessions

Writing tip: Writing is much easier when you keep in mind that a written piece should be reread for changes many time.

Working With Mystery, Fiction Writing

How does mystery work in fiction? This video offers some advice.