Setting the Stage Right: How to Avoid Cliché Scenes It was a dark and stormy night, not a creature was stirring.
Take a Moment to Celebrate the Indie Author Community! We’ve given you a lot to mull over in recent weeks. From Intellectual Property and Copyright to an overview of your book distribution options, our posts have covered a lot of the nitty gritty details of self-publishing. Continue Reading →
The Rules for Writing for Struggling Readers Writing for children and teens may seem easy. Continue Reading →
How to Make Your Action Sequences POP! If you’ve spent any time working on your writing with other authors, taking writing classes, or even reading books on writing, you’ve probably come across the concept of “show, don’t tell.” This directive sounds easy, doesn’t it? Continue Reading →
TED Talks That Will Inspire Your Writing If you haven’t unintentionally spent three hours watching TED Talks online, that’s about to change. Continue Reading →
How to Make Your Writing More Authentic The most gut-wrenching criticism that you could receive is that your story or characters do not feel ‘real’ or ‘authentic’. Continue Reading →
The Most Entertaining Way to Improve Your Writing A savvy author is more likely to be a successful author if they’re an expert not only on their subject, but also on the book publishing business. Continue Reading →
Guest Post from Mary Clare Lockman: Why I Love Writing Fiction There is something so wonderful and so magical about taking a blank sheet of paper, putting some words on it, and getting a story. The act of writing these words allows the reader to conjure up images of people, places, and even purpose. Why this person did what they did. Continue Reading →
Active vs. Passive: Which Reader is More Likely to Read Your Book? At Wise Ink, we talk a lot about a book’s audience. Continue Reading →
The Two Most Underrated Ways Writers Build Trust Last week we realized that there’s one very important thing that those of us already in the biz (mistakenly) assume writers know, and that is the difference between a “good on paper” book and a good paper (or digital) book. Continue Reading →
