Writing Scenes
Writing Mistakes Writers Make: Omitting Sensory Details
The Writer's Digest team has witnessed many writing mistakes over the years, so we started this series to help identify them for other writers (along with correction strategies). This week's writing mistake writers make is omitting sensory details.
Make Violent Scenes Matter: 5 Tips for Writing Violence That Doesn't Turn Readers Off
After writing bestselling thrillers as well as books that missed the mark, author Carter Wilson shares five lessons he's learned about writing violent scenes.
The Art of the Paragraph: Single-Sentence Paragraphs in Fiction
Paragraph writing in fiction doesn’t follow traditional rules. In this series, we cover how to write a good paragraph by exploring different lengths and kinds of paragraphs—and when to use them. Here, learn how to write a single-sentence paragraph.
Novel Writing Advice: How to Write Battle Scenes
A battle scene in a novel can be a very powerful. Here is some novel writing advice about writing battle scenes.
Blow-By-Blow: 5 Tips on Writing Action and Fight Scenes
Award-winning science fiction and fantasy author Fonda Lee shares her five tips on writing action and fight scenes that readers will find engaging and believable.
5 Essential Tips for Writing Killer Fight Scenes
Author Sebastien de Castell shares his five essential tips for writing killer fight scenes by taking the focus off the fighting and putting it on how the fighting advances your story.
How to Write a Hospital Scene in Your Novel
Former pediatric resident Amitha Knight shares her experiences on how to write a hospital scene in your novel by addressing a few key questions.