Tag Archives: Writing tips
What Pinterest Often Forgets
By small stuff, I mean start your marketing journey locally when the big picture stuff feels too overwhelming.
Marketing the Message
by Whitney Braun As I reflected on the start of my journey into children’s fiction, I remember the most consistent advice was: ‘Market to the Moms’. Sure, I get it. I’m a young mother of a seven year old who loves story time. I’m the one who buys, thifts, and borrows our books. Understandably, it… Read more »
Secrets in Poetry
Poems, like stories, are wonderful vehicles for telling secrets. Not only can poems be about secrets (like the poem above) but they are a potent way to share your experiences and ideas in subtle yet powerful ways.
Secrets in Prose
How would you go about using the power of a secret in a story or play? Here are some elements to consider. by Violet Nesdoly
Writer Refresh
I’ve enjoyed the authors contributions so far on our Pro-Blog 2025, and I look forward to hearing from more over the next few months. They provided such professional and timely content that I’d like to do a refresh once in awhile. Therefore, I will share some quotes from their past writing for your engagement. Below… Read more »
CREATING CHARACTER GOALS 2
What helps me keep to the basic direction and character goals of my short story is to write out a very condensed blurb that often ends up introducing the story once published.
Writing from a Christian Worldview
However you choose to convey their faith, it must be woven into the thread of the story,
My Thoughts on Character Building
By Donna Gartshore To start with, I personally don’t use a lot of how-to books. In no way is this intended as a critique to those that do. They just never work that well for me. I believe that our true inspiration comes from God. He’s given all of us the power to… Read more »
Making a Scene: What About the Details?
“To offer readers “a break” from rising tension, you can alternate scenes of action with quieter scenes” Eleanor Bertin by Eleanor Bertin Imagine reading about one of your most ordinary days. “The sixty-four-year-old woman cast aside the rumpled sheet and fray-edged polyester blanket, swung her legs out of bed, stuffed her feet into sloppy leather… Read more »