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.

How to Develop Characters: What Mood do They Bring with Them?

The mood your a character brings to the scene is like a miniature force of nature.

Organizing Tool for your Story: Online Timeline

This free online timeline site is a great place to make a timeline of your story to help work out event sequences and also provides you with a way to "see" your story much better. I highly recommend it! It made my writing better and helps me make decisions.

Writing Fiction Tutorial: Working the Plot out From End to Beginning

Try this simple writing technique out, it may work for you. Create a plot starting with the end of the story and work your way to the beginning.

Make Better Fiction: Handling Divisiveness in your Writing

It's not the point to rid divisiveness from your writing but to hide it away like electric wiring in a house.

Effective Surprise in Writing Fiction

A surprise event in the story is effective if it is also a logical outcome of previous events.

Strategies for Character Introduction for Fiction Writing

Another way for art to imitate life. Base the timing of character introduction on the way we get to know real people we interact with in the real world (as opposed to the imaginary ones. :))

How to Write Better Fiction: the Underlying Mood

Learn to compose an underlying mood to boost your story's impact.

First Draft Madness

Fly past writer's block by forgetting all integrity and abandoning yourself to "first draft madness."