Creating and Sustaining Suspense and Tension, Part 2
If we create suspense and sustain tension during the plotting and drafting stages, then we save truckloads of time on revisions. Try one or more of these to […]
The Writing Life
Writing Toolboxes
Internet sites talk about writers’ tool kits as if they were purchaseable equipment, but in truth our toolboxes are entirely inside our minds. We work in […]
Anticipation and Time Management for Writers
Loving the work saves writers time. Actively looking forward to writing is a powerful practice for those of us working to create a writing career within […]
Carving Out Writing Time
Of course, we love our work and so we’re motivated to make time for it. But, make time out of what? Busy lives, demands from family, friends, home, […]
Walking, Sleeping, and Writing Better
“I have two doctors, my left leg and my right.” Historian G. M. Trevelyan We’re built to walk, and our bodies benefit. Brains too, being […]
Writers’ Block Busting
As a mystery writer, I love misdirection, because it sets me to investigating. Quick and unhelpful answers to writing questions are some of my favourite […]
Creating a Writing Career: Think Big
Some say we write for an audience of one. Granted that our great work is writing the words that reader loves to read, we may […]
Galloping Time, Supporting Systems for the Writing Life
Now and then, a moment arrives, when hardly anybody wants anything from us. Maybe something was cancelled, leaving a serene empty space, or it’s the […]
Adventures in Writing
Endurance is one of the great challenges in our writing careers — holding on with tenacious minds to the idea that we can do this, even though […]
Welcome to the Writers’ Café and Centre Stage. Be Prolific, Publish Often, Get Paid.
One of the many reasons we began publishing our literary quarterly Pulp Literature was that there were very few magazines that paid, and many that […]