The Importance of the Character Interview
By Cina Pelayo
The more that you know about your characters, the more confidently you can write about them.
Curious not Confused
By Joshua Isard
Finding the right amount of information to include in a story can be a difficult task for any writer.
What I Learned From Writing "A Return to Spring"
By Gabriel Hart
Think about all the stories that fall under radar, which sculpted your town into the place it is today.
Science Versus Faith in Fiction
By Peter Derk
Is science an overused tool in writing? What do you stand to gain by adding faith to your fiction?
On Using Personal History As Fiction
The international best-selling author and MasterClass teacher discusses the basis of all fiction.
Storyville: Tips, Tricks, and Thoughts on Reprints
Why should you get your stories reprinted? It can help your career!
Storyville: Turning Your Obsessions Into Fiction
Some tips for turning your obsessions—good and bad—into powerful stories.
Writing Tips From the Don Winslow Universe
Certain writers demand to be read, and doing so is a class to all who do. Don Winslow is one of them.
Storyville: Ending 2019 with a Bang
Some tips for how to end 2019 and set up 2020 for writing success.
Storyville: Using Your Family to Tell Dark Stories
Some tips on using the people around you to provide depth, meaning, emotion, and authority in your stories.
Storyville: Using Rituals to Make Your Stories More Believable
Some tips on how to use ritual, ceremony, and witchcraft to make your story more believable.
8 Writing and Researching Tools You Might be Ignoring
When it comes to writing and research, some really useful tools are hiding in plain sight. Here's a list of my favorites.
Reality in Fiction: The Invisible Signature of Your Favorite Authors
The role of real events in fictional stories is an unavoidable aspect of an author's signature voice—and even the authors themselves don't know where the line between the two is drawn.
Storyville: Letting Film Unblock, Inspire, and Add Depth to Your Fiction
Tips on how film can help unblock, inspire, and add depth to your fiction.
Storyville: Living Vicariously Through Our Fiction
Some thoughts on how and why we live through our stories and protagonists.
10 Things Every Horror Writer Should Read
By Repo Kempt
Given the limited amount of reading time in our lives, it's important not to waste time consuming material that won't help us progress and develop.
Storyville: Reading Broadly to Write Better
In order to write deep, layered, original fiction you MUST read broadly.
Instead of Joining a Book Club This Year, Subscribe To a Literary Podcast
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Harry Potter, LeVar Burton, List, New Yorker, PODCASTS, Reading Rainbow, Research, women authors
Make it your New Year's Resolution to find and read more books through the literary world's secret weapon: podcasts.
Storyville: Method Writing
What is method writing, and how can it help breathe authenticity into your work?
Storyville: What the 'Best Horror of the Year' Anthology Can Teach Us
There is a lot we, as authors, can learn by reading the Best Horror of the Year anthology.
Why You Shouldn't Ignore Religion in Your Fiction
Religion is a huge part of life. Here are a few reasons why you shouldn't ignore it in your fiction.
Bearskin: A Fast Read 20 Years in the Making
The story of a fifty-four year old’s debut novel. Twenty-plus years of writing, revising, letting it sit, then rewriting and re-revising some more.
Writing the Crime Scene: Blood
By Repo Kempt
A guide to writing realistic crime and horror fiction when your manuscript involves blood.
