Style Articles
3 Effective Ways to Improve Your Fight Scene
By Grace A. Johnson Admit it, fight scenes are difficult. Even the veteran writers who have watched their favorite...
How to Describe Emotions: 3 Tricks Writers Can Learn From Movies
By Allison Grace All the words in your brain, the feelings in your gut, just won’t come out on paper. When you try to...
Three Types of Telling You Must Erase to Create an Intimate POV
By Gabrielle PollackYou’ve just created a new character and are excited to share his point of view with readers. He’s...
Write a Great Description in Three Easy Steps
Readers can't relate to a story without narrative description. It happens in a vague world of shadows and smoke...
What Sherlock Holmes Can Teach You about Writing Descriptions
By Daeus LambI've read approximately 60 percent of the Sherlock Holmes collection, and it's hard for me to decide...
Three Ways You May Be Wasting Your Descriptions
Once upon a time, I thought descriptions were merely a way to give characters faces and emblazon a hazy setting. The...
Interview with Rachel Starr Thomson on Writing, Editing, and Indie Publishing (Plus Giveaway!)
It gave us great pleasure to approach Rachel on behalf of Kingdom Pen and ask her about her experiences as an author...
How to Write the First Page of Your Novel
There are no set rules for an opening line of a novel. Nearly anything goes—be it description, dialogue, or a...
How to Give a Terrific First Impression as an Author
By Hope Ann“You will never get a second chance to make a first impression.” No...
Four Tips for Creating a Compelling POV
By Josiah DeGraafA week ago, I talked about why the portrayal of a character’s internal thoughts and emotions is...
Revolutionize Your Writing by Deepening Your Characters’ POV
By definition, what is a novel?At first glance, the answer may seem simple: it’s a prosaic work of fiction that meets...