“You must want to enough. Enough to take all the rejections, enough to pay the price of disappointment and discouragement while you are learning. Like any other artist you must learn your craft—then you can add all the genius you like.”
Phyllis A. Whitney (1903-2008)
The articles in this section are intended to help you improve the craft of writing.
You can click here for a list of all articles and workshops in the archives.
- Information Available under “The Craft of Writing”:
- 10/11 Steps to Building A Character by Shelley Freydont
- A Down and Dirty Guide to Writing Mysteries by Mary Kennedy
- Back to the Beginning by Alicia Rasley
- But I thought you were supposed to . . . by Zita Christian
- Conflict – It Isn’t Just Internal and External Anymore by Kathye Quick
- Creating Convincing Characters by Pearl Wolf
- From Strippers to a Suspense Proposal by Caridad Pineiro
- He Said She Said and Other Elements of Effective Dialogue, Part 1 by Caridad Pineiro
- He Said, She Said Part 2 by Caridad Pineiro
- Homonyms by Pattie Giordani
- Homonyms, aka Confused Words by Patty Giordani
- Horror Sub-Genres by by Paula Guran
- How to Critique Fiction by Victoria Crayne
- It’s a Mystery by Shelley Freydont
- On Werewolves, Vamps and Other Oddities of the Night by Melina Morel
- Paranormal Creatures by Kathy Kulig
- Super Similes, Marvelous Metaphors by Anne Frazier Walradt
- The Girls Got Bite and Humor to Go With It by Marta Acosta
- The Hero’s Journey Meeting Review by Caridad Pineiro
- The Plot Thickens Part 1 by Jenna Kernan
- The Plot Thickens Part 2 by Jenna Kernan
- The Plot Thickens Part 3 by Jenna Kernan
- The Villian’s Journey by Allison Brennan
- Theme as Dialectic by Alicia Rasley
- Those Pesky Lines: Hyphens and En & Em Dashes by Tess Lamont
- Virginia’s Guide to Guy-Speak by Virginia Kantra
- What do you write? An Overview of Romance Subgenres by Nisha Sharma
- What is Plot by Georgia Woods
- What is POV and How Do I Get One by Judi Fennell
- When I Write Stuff, Crap Happens by Autumn Jordon
- Where Does My Book Fit: A Primer of Publishing Houses by Rayna Vause
- Worldbuilding for Paranormal, Fantasy and Science Fiction by Caridad Pineiro
- Write What You Know by Kat Henry Doran
You can click here for a list of all articles and workshops in the archives.