Advice and Articles tagged with fiction
Five Habits to Avoid in Fiction Writing
Five habits every writer of fiction needs to break. Continued...
Fleshing Out Your Plot
You have started your story, you have the main ideas but how should you flesh it, how should you add meat to the bones? Continued...
The Plot Skeleton
Whatever you call it, the plot skeleton is what will hold up your story if you know how to use it—or cause it to collapse if you don’t. Continued...
Creating Believable Characters
You're a writer, and you have all these great characters in your head. How do you get them out and onto paper? Continued...
The Golden Rules for a Good Plot
Everyone wants to know the secret behind amazing novels. While Scribendi.com's editors can't provide you with a guaranteed, best-seller formula, they can offer a few basic tips. Continued...
Plot Structures for Books in a Series
We get a lot of writers who try to "explain away" the holes we point out in their plots by claiming, "This is a book from a series." This is not an excuse for turning out a volume that is full of holes in its own right. Continued...
