The Mirror of Human Experience
It might be considered an odd thing, but many writers struggle not because they can’t communicate but because they have nothing...
Learn what a story really is...
Learn: • what a story really is • what it is actually doing to and for you and other readers ​ • the magnetic power that attracts readers...
Is the Writer Trying to Achieve Telepathy?
Imagine a world in which human beings communicated solely by telepathy, transferring thoughts directly from one person to another. Would...
3 Vital Skills That Every Editor Needs (and That Writers Can Learn Too)
Let’s say a writer has been writing all his/her life. He/she isn’t successful. So how is it supposed to happen that a writer, just by...
3 Things That Successful Writers Need To Do
There’s obviously a place for writers just writing without paying any attention to any kind of need to communicate to readers. First...
Learn what a story really is...
Learn: • what a story really is • what it is actually doing to and for you and other readers ​ • the magnetic power that attracts readers...
What is Flash Fiction (or any fiction) Trying to Do?
What’s the difference between a story and the simple relation of an incident? I ask because I get to read quite a lot of ‘flash fiction’...
The Life of Edith Nesbit, author of The Railway Children
Edith Nesbit (whose married name was Edith Bland) 1858 – 1924 was an English author and poet who published her books for children under...
What We Can Learn as Writers From Marvel Comics
Starting in the 1970s, Marvel (and other comics companies) adopted a marketing strategy which almost killed them. In summary, back in...