By Shery Ma Belle Arrieta-Russ / Published on April 17th, 2008 / Writing
Writing911.com’s popular writing workshop, “Writing for the Real World: A Refresher for Busy Professionals,” is being turned into an online writing course (e-course), beginning September 13, [..]
 By Nick Vernon / Published on April 17th, 2008 / Writing
Your title is your selling tool. It’s the first thing readers will scan and contemplate whether to read your story. What your title’s job is, it has to lure the readers into your story – it [..]
 By Nick Vernon / Published on April 16th, 2008 / Writing
Is Your Title Compelling? Your title is your selling tool. It’s the first thing readers will scan and contemplate whether to read your story. What your title’s job is, it has to lure the [..]
 By Nick Vernon / Published on April 15th, 2008 / Writing
In the beginning of your story you have to grab your readers’ interest and sustain it till the end. Our hook is our character. Readers keep on reading to find out more about the character. To [..]
 By Nick Vernon / Published on April 15th, 2008 / Writing
If The Viewpoint Character Is A Secondary Character, Have You Established Who He is? I have said above that if a secondary character tells the story of the main character, then the spotlight [..]
 By Nick Vernon / Published on April 15th, 2008 / Writing
Do you Have Too Many Characters? Because of the limited word length we have to work with in short stories, it¡¦s best to keep the amount of characters at a minimum. In order for characters [..]
 By Nick Vernon / Published on April 14th, 2008 / Writing
If Your Character Isn’t ‘Normal,’ Can We See It? Human nature is a fascinating thing and it’s especially fascinating to the writer. The writer’s mind is sharp; taking in every detail she [..]
 By Nick Vernon / Published on April 14th, 2008 / Writing
Do You Allow Readers To Feel The Character’s Emotions? What readers will use to feel what your character is going through, whether they have experienced the same or not, are of course their [..]
 By Nick Vernon / Published on April 14th, 2008 / Writing
Until the writer understands that building conflict is very important, she will go about treating her characters kindly, throwing them the minimum of problems. We care about our characters but [..]
 By Nick Vernon / Published on April 13th, 2008 / Writing
In essence, your story will be about the conflict¡¦s history. Where it began, how it began, how it will unravel, how it will end. And because the conflict is our story, it will need to be [..]
 By Nick Vernon / Published on April 13th, 2008 / Writing
The conflict in your story will run through your story’s length, till it’s time resolves it. In the duration of the story, you will show what the conflict is, what is happening because of the [..]
 By Nick Vernon / Published on April 13th, 2008 / Writing
Some clashes are more interesting than others and some decisions are more important that others. Two people clashing because they both saw that parking space and believe they are entitled to [..]
 By Nick Vernon / Published on April 12th, 2008 / Writing
To sustain you through your story, however many words that may be, the conflict has to be pretty strong. By strong, I mean that there shouldn’t be an easy way out of it. From wherever the [..]
 By Nick Vernon / Published on April 12th, 2008 / Writing
Now that you¡¦ve made the conflict so bad it can¡¦t be resolved easily, you¡¦ll have to make sure it can be resolved ultimately. So what you need is a way out. When you can¡¦t find a way [..]
 By Nick Vernon / Published on April 12th, 2008 / Writing
A story where everything comes easy to the character is a very bland piece of writing – and not a very believable one either. Short stories, in a way, reflect real life. The characters are [..]
 By Nick Vernon / Published on April 11th, 2008 / Writing
Conflicts create waves in our calm lives. The greater the conflict the more impact it will have on us. No one likes conflicts. Conflicts require action (we have to do something about the [..]
 By Nick Vernon / Published on April 11th, 2008 / Writing
Your story belongs to your main character. And because it’s his story, everything associated with that story is his. The goal is his, the problems are his, the conflict is his etc. And because [..]
 By Nick Vernon / Published on April 11th, 2008 / Writing
In order to see the character struggling we’ll have to introduce problems. These, your character will solve as they occur and these are going to be problems associated with your conflict. Each [..]
 By Nick Vernon / Published on April 10th, 2008 / Writing
Think of a conflict you have been through. Why was it hard to resolve? Was it because, beside the conflict itself, there were other problems associated with it? There was a lot at stake for [..]
 By Nick Vernon / Published on April 10th, 2008 / Writing
Things have to get worse before they can get better. This is necessary in short stories. Characters have to struggle to reach their goals. Stories where everything goes right for our [..]

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