Writing Tips
You’ve probably heard that every story has to have conflict, which is absolutely true. But many writers, especially less-experienced ones, make the error of assuming that conflict has to be some sort of epic struggle between black-and-white conceptions of good and bad. And, of course, there’
Writing Tips
One of the most uncomfortable experiences I’ve had as a reader is trying to get through something written by someone who was trying to “sound smart” by using vocabulary artificially inflated by their use of a thesaurus. There are those who will tell you that good writing requires a
Writing Tips
Fictional settings can be as simple as a restaurant or as thoroughly developed and complex as a certain interstellar society. Whichever of those routes (or, more likely, some via media of your own devising), how you choose to set your story can deeply influence the story itself. Here are a
Writing Tips
Obviously, characters are important to any story. They're also my personal favorite element. One of my all-time favorite books is just a conversation between two people. No action, no world-building, just pure character. In your writing, whether you've got pontificating humans or a mostly