Guides
What It Means To Write What You Know
Write What You Know You will never see a writing advice space without these famously confusing words. But what does it mean? Is it that I can only write about things I know about? Can I not make my main character a vampire princess who has to defy their parents to save the kingdom? Because I certainly don't know what it means to be a vampire princess or save a kingdom.
By Elise L. Blake2 years ago in Writers
The Evolution of Self Belief: From Doubt to Certainty
There are times when we doubt how far can we go. When we fall into the comfort of comparison and diminish our self-worth because of not being enough for the world. But what exactly is enough? Is being enough for the world a testament to how worthy we are, of our journey or is it a mere perception of the people who want us to conform to their level of understanding?
By Hridya Sharma2 years ago in Writers
Stop Using The Hero's Journey In Your Novels
While the hero's journey seems to be the go-to outlining technique when writing a novel - it's far from perfect. While there's truly no perfect system when it comes to writing your outline, today we are focusing on just the flaws in this well-known and overused one.
By Elise L. Blake2 years ago in Writers
My Mistakes
Introduction Although this should maybe be a Journal, 01, or FYI piece but it is about two places where we often make mistakes, and people often then add another comment to point out their errors and correct them, but there is no need to point out that you have made an error. So I don't have much to write about so I am going to post this in Writers (although I suppose I could have put it in Critique, Fiction or Poets as they allow stories with less than six hundred words.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 2 years ago in Writers
The Cat on the Wire: A Tale of Commotion and Compassion. Content Warning.
Everyone was glancing up and congregating in the area. When I arrived, the agitation had reached a fever pitch. I asked one of the people that was there already what was going on. He expressed his deafness and muteness in sign language. I apologised, using my minimal amount of sign language—roughly 0. I continued to glance up, but my weak eyesight prevented me from seeing what everyone was fixated on. I then asked a different person. Pardon me... She turned her back on me as if I were a leprechaun. Well, I thought, that's two for two. I decided to ask this old timer and see if I could get any luck.
By Ranjith Kumar2 years ago in Writers
3 Lessons On Writing I Wish I Knew Sooner
There are always things when it comes to writing that I wish I knew yesterday instead of learning too late. But since I don't have a time machine, here are the three lessons I wish someone had thought to put down on paper for me instead of waiting until I learned them the hard way.
By Elise L. Blake2 years ago in Writers
Behind the Page: #1
For the first edition of my Behind the Page series, I will discuss my poem, "Saturday Afternoon". You can read it here: I wrote the poem "Saturday Afternoon" back in 2009. It was first published in the now-defunct online journal First Reads, based in the country of St. Vincent. It and another of my poems, "Morning Glow", appeared there together. Later in 2010, both poems were included in my mixed genre chapbook, "Beyond the Horizon: Journeys in Poetry and Prose".
By Randy Baker2 years ago in Writers
