Pick Your Favorite Cover!
Help us choose a cover for our May/June 2017 issue! Which one do you like best? Once you pick your favorite, vote for A or B in our poll on Twitter!
Adding Your Personal Connection to Your Stories and Building Your Brand As a Writer (From Script)
In this week’s round up brought to us by ScriptMag.com, Script’s Editor Sadie Dean interviews Dickinson creator/showrunner/EP Alena Smith, learn how to divide and conquer as screenwriter in the business and creating fruitful relationships. Plus, a brand new Script Talk video interview with writer/director/actress Djaka Souaré about her journey as a mentor and mentee in the WOCUnite and #StartWith8Hollywood mentorship programs.
Englyn Penfyr: Poetic Forms
Poetic Form Fridays are made to share various poetic forms. This week, we look at the englyn penfyr, a Welsh tercet form.
Editorial Road-Mapping: Start Your Self-Editing Process Here
Editorial road-mapping begins with a challenge of willpower and ends with a battle-plan for transforming your manuscript into the book you dreamed it could be. Let editor Kris Spisak give you that map!
6 Tips for Writing a Summer Romance Novel
Summer. Three whole months of bright sunsets and glittering water and endless possibility. Here are 6 tips from romance writer Rachael Lippincott for capturing a tiny bit of that magic in the pages of your next summer romance novel.
Plot Twist Story Prompts: Running Empty
Every good story needs a nice (or not so nice) turn or two to keep it interesting. This week, consider what happens when resources begin to run low or out.
5 Tips for Creating a Fully Realized Historical Setting
Research is more than just reading books and articles. Here, author Nekesa Afia gives her top 5 tips for writing a historical setting that will engage and wow your readers.
Don Bentley: On Being Picked to Write a Book in a Famous Series
Thriller author Don Bentley discusses how he was selected to write Target Acquired, the latest Tom Clancy novel.
How to Write a Biography of a World Leader
When writing a biography, you want to make sure that the story you tell is more than just a list of facts about the person's life. Biographer Supriya Vani shares her top tips for writing a successful biography.
Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 568
Every Wednesday, Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started on the Poetic Asides blog. This week, write a service poem.