A Compilation of Articles on Common Advice for Writers

Once again, I've gone through the articles on this blog and created another PDF. This one is about advice most commonly given to writers, but with a focus on concrete definitions for each concept.

Here's a rough outline of what to expect:

Components of a Story
Show vs. Tell
Write What You Know
Kill Your Darlings
The Opening Hook
Critiques

Feel free to download it here. If you'd like to see any other PDFs I've created, you can get those here.

Enjoy!

Articles on Writing Process

I've created another PDF to add to the list. This one contains a bunch of articles on the process of writing. Here's what it includes:


Getting Started
Finding Your Process
First Drafts
Revision
Procrastination
Writer's Block
Muses
When Are You Done?

You can download it here. Enjoy!!

A Bunch of Articles on Character

I've created another PDF of a compilation of articles, this time on Character. Writing overlaps so much that it's hard to separate it out into subjects like this, so I did my best to choose the articles that directly affected character in a story.

Here's what the PDF contains:

• Various ways of creating characters
• Dialogue
• Point of View
• Thoughts

So, if that sounds interesting to you, feel free to download it here. Enjoy!

A Bunch of Articles on the Submission Process

For those of you who liked the articles on plot I compiled into a pdf recently, I finished another one. This one contains of a bunch of articles I've written on this blog over the past three years. This one is on the the submission process.

• Attacking the pitch
• Writing the synopsis
• The query as a whole package
• What to do (and not do) with rejection
• Dealing with THE CALL

All of this is on my blog, of course, but if you'd like it in one single, handy document, you can download it here.

I'm slowly putting together the next document, and it's on character. So, if this sounds interesting to you, stay tuned... :) I'm planning to release it sometime next month. Ish.:)

A Bunch of Articles on Plot

My blog is about three and a half years old, and in that time I've written over 500 articles and book reviews. 500! I never would have thought I'd have so much to say on the craft of writing.

Last year, several readers told me that they've enjoyed some of my older posts, but had stumbled upon them by accident because, let's face it, navigating older content in a blog isn't exactly fun. So, I created a page with a link to all my craft-related articles, and got many thank-you's.

But even that list has become cumbersome. So, I decided to try something new. I'm taking all my articles, sorting them by subject, and putting them into pdf form for download.

I just finished the first one, which is about plot and plot-related things like tension, conflict, pacing, etc. It's available for download on my website. I will gradually be adding more, though now that I have a format the rest should fall into place fairly easily. :)

Anyway, enjoy, and I hope this is something you'll find useful.