Writing and Creating Books
Neil Gaiman: 8 Rules of Writing
Neil Gaiman’s eight rules of writing are right on target. There might be other rules such as, Let your writing bleed on the page, but these 8 rules of writing are worth reading more than once — true for writing books, true for writing blogs, true for writing social media posts. 1. Write. 2. […]
Helen Exley: Books Can Change Your Life
Books can be dangerous. The best ones should be labeled, This could change your life. — Helen Exley, publisher Is your book dangerous? Will it change people’s lives? If not, keep writing and revising. Books can be dangerous. The best ones should be labeled, This could change your life. — Helen Exley Click To Tweet […]
Writing Advice from The Wheel of Time Series
Here is some writing advice from Thom Merrilin, a storytelling character from A Memory of Light, book 14 of The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson. If you use the words people expect, they grow bored. A great ballad needs to be unexpected. Never be expected. When people start to expect […]