by TheWinterwolf | Jan 11, 2023 | Writing Tips and Tools
When you’re writing a book, one of the first big choices you’ll face is this: What narration and point of view should I use? It’s not just a technical decision. It’s the lens through which your entire story is told. Whether you go with first person,...
by Sydney Whalen | Jul 22, 2017 | Marketing Tips, Writing Tips and Tools
You’re committed to promoting your new work on Twitter and to do that, you need followers. You’ve tried everything from scheduling tweets about adorable animals to tweeting quotes from whatever is on the New York Times Bestseller List that week. Still, your followers...
by TheWinterwolf | Apr 20, 2017 | Author's Life, Resources, Writing Tips and Tools
The life of a writer is a difficult one. Finding motivation to sit and work on your own projects is one thing. Finding the time to do so is another. One thing that helps is proper time management. In other words, setting a deadline for yourself on when things will...
by TheWinterwolf | Sep 26, 2016 | Resources, Writing Tips and Tools
There’s a great big beautiful movie coming to theaters next year; one based on a beloved fairy tale that you might have (definitely) already heard about: Walt Disney’s live-action Beauty and the Beast. There are, of course, plenty of other versions of the...
by TheWinterwolf | Sep 19, 2016 | Author's Life, Resources, Writing Tips and Tools
When Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid first debuted in 2004 and Lemony Snicket’s eleventh novel in A Series of Unfortunate events was published later that same year, another great book was about to hit shelves — The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell...
by TheWinterwolf | Sep 7, 2016 | Author's Life, Resources, Writing Tips and Tools
There’s an old line about stories that’s been attributed to many great writers (Leo Tolstoy, anyone?), but really only got started with educator John Gardner when he wrote, “As subject, use either a trip or the arrival of a stranger (some disruption...