May/June 2012 Issue
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Tip of the Day, Creative Writing Tips
Our creative writing tips are short, helpful tidbits of information that you can apply to your writing right away. Use our Tip of the Day for easy-to-apply advice that you can use to improve your writing or help you get published.
Your Own Bright Piece of Yarn
Pep Talks, Warnings & Screeds by George Singleton, with illustrations by Daniel Wallace Notice how many suitcases and pieces of luggage look similar as they tour the baggage claim at the airport. … Read more
Separate the Beasts
Pep Talks, Warnings & Screeds by George Singleton, with illustrations by Daniel Wallace For the most part, do not think that a short story of novel can be structured and written in … Read more
Mistake 24: Misusing Flashbacks and Memories
70 Solutions to Common Writing Mistakes by Bob Mayer, from The Writer’s Digest Writing Kit Why this is a mistake: Flashbacks and memories are not wrong in and of themselves, but they … Read more
That’s Hollywood
Pep Talks, Warnings & Screeds by George Singleton, with illustrations by Daniel Wallace In movies and hour-long TV dramas depicting doctors and lawyers, the main characters rarely perform what the do most … Read more
Easy Genres to Break In To
Beginning Writer’s Answer Book, edited by Jane Friedman I have dabbled in creative writing for many years but have never published anything. I am ready to get serious. Are there particular genres … Read more
The Narrative Arc
Essentials of Writing to Inspire from Writer’s Online Workshops Life and nature offer us variations by the score. Can you provide readers today with anything less? Look at the natural world around … Read more
Mistake 23: Not Escalating the Conflict
from 70 Solutions to Common Writing Mistakes by Bob Mayer from The Writer’s Digest Writing Kit Why this is a mistake: Not only must every scene in a story have conflict, but … Read more
Spit and Polish
from Writer’s Online Workshops As important and valuable as revision is, it’s also true that you can overwork a story. At some point, revision has to end. So how do you know … Read more
The Senses
Essentials of Writing Personal Essays from Writer’s Online Workshops Essayists, like the writers of other genres, should take advantage of all five senses when they create setting, for it is the details … Read more
First Aid for Scenes
Advanced Novel Writing Workshop from Writer’s Online Workshops Any work of art is made up of smaller parts—just as a novel, story, or script is made up of scenes. But what’s interesting … Read more