Learn when you're using an analogy vs. metaphor vs. simile with Grammar Rules from the Writer's Digest editors, including a few examples of correct usages.

If you focus on the wrong details, your story will lose its power.

WRITE BETTER WITH AN EDITOR - writing tips and editing services. "Sometimes I scare people with my enthusiasm for writing."

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If you need to describe the sea or ocean in your writing, think about the five senses. It's an easy way to improve your descriptions.

When somebody mentions worldbuilding the first thing you’ll think of is probably a lavishly detailed map, something filled with interesting geography, the locations of important cities, and maybe a dragon in the far corner. Or perhaps what springs to mind is a family tree of noble houses that lists their connections and feuds. Maybe you’ll conjure up a table of runic symbols and sets of laws governing a magic system? Something that probably won’t be at the top of your mental list is characterisation.

Cutting clutter is an essential part of penning powerful prose.

Writing for children is such a unique challenge. In order to write children’s books that appeal to youngsters it’s so important to engage them at their level. There’s a high premium on craft, readability, and really nailing the voice. I have tremendous admiration for children’s book authors, having experienced just how difficult it is firsthand […]

The first two books in my Pendulum series, Pendulum and Freefall, examined the impact of technology on our society. In Aftershock, the third outing for now battle-hardened photojournalist John Wall…

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WRITE BETTER WITH AN EDITOR - writing tips and editing services. "Sometimes I scare people with my enthusiasm for writing."

This image from the Telegraph inadvertently illustrates one of the most important writing concepts every write should master: The reversal. Storytelling is all about reversals, and readers are drawn t...

This is the first post in a new series within Jane Austen Writing Lessons which will focus on relationships and character connections. A lot of times we think about relationships as romantic, and we will talk about that (after all, Austen has written some of my all-time favorite romantic relationships). But before we get to that point, we’re going to consider more general principles of establishing character relationships and connections.

Transform your approach to novel revision with 5 powerful mindset strategies from expert book coaches. Learn how to confidently handle writing feedback, navigate the revision process effectively, and ...

Do you love romantic comedies? Then you will love this post! Tari Lynn Jewett includes the must-haves in the genre, as well as other important writing lessons.

Learn when to use heroes vs. heros with Grammar Rules from the Writer's Digest editors, including a few examples of correct usages.