Act 1 Checklist: Writing Tips from Pulp Literature Press
What Billy Wilder said of screenwriting works as well for novelists. “If you have a problem with the third act, the real problem is in […]
Articles by Melanie Anastasiou
Nanowrimo: 3 good reasons to take the plunge
Nanowrimo says, go ahead, dare to write a book that might even make you a lot of money, help others along with ourselves to get […]
Writing tip. Dishing in Acquisitions
It’s no secret that acquisitions editors have red flags. We twitch when we see spelling errors or the wrong publishing house’s name in the cover […]
Review: I Remember Nightfall, by Marosa di Giorgio
I REMEMBER NIGHTFALL, by Marosa di Giorgio, translated by Jeannine Pitas: Ugly Duckling Presse, 2017 Poetry Review by Daniel Cowper Often my own dreams are […]
The Big, Bright, and Butt-chair Goal
Every goal you write takes you a step closer to your grand and astonishing dreams. –Thaddeus, The Writer’s Boon Companion. The Big Bright Goal The […]
Running with the Theme
Here’s a fun game—spot the theme, as stated in the first half of the first act of the novel or film, usually by a supporting […]
Five Minutes, Five Stories: Pulp Literature Writing Tips
Even at the start of a new tale, it’s worth thinking about the next five stories in your body of work. “Yes, the story I […]
The One Word Writing Tip
Some movie titles resonate over the decades, with just a single word: Greed. Superman. Heist. Memento. Charade. One Great Word I’ve been reading Michael Connelly’s The Crossing. I admire […]
This is the End. Writing Tips at Pulp Literature Press
Sometimes the end of the book seems so far off that a writer starts to feel that fashions will have changed and technology moved on […]
Tough Choices = Character Development
“True character is revealed in the choices a human being makes under pressure – the greater the pressure, the deeper the revelation, the truer the […]