Mar 4, 2022
Figure out what scenes make your story your story, and go from there. Use them as mile markers and find your way between them.
Victoria Schwab, author of Our Dark Duet Nominated for Young Adult Fantasy
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Figure out what scenes make your story your story, and go from there. Use them as mile markers and find your way between them.
Victoria Schwab, author of Our Dark Duet Nominated for Young Adult Fantasy
What makes a piece of writing boring? What adds interest?
This may be quite subjective as everyone enjoys different genres and different types of reading material...
...but sometimes, as I am writing, I wonder if some details are pointless or if it will make my story boring, even though i’m told its good. what are your thoughts? Not asking specifically for advice on my WIP, but just looking for different thoughts on this subjective idea on boring versus interesting writing.
The historical fiction I’m currently writing required extensive research on castles. And it struck me---somewhere between the first and second drafts---that the act of writing a novel shares many similarities with the parts of a castle. The MOAT is a writer’s protection from outside forces like talkative significant others, crying children, and errands. The wider and deeper…
Why every writer needs a castle!