writing 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. […]
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 […]
Andrew Stanton on the Power of Storytelling
This video features a TED talk by screenwriter Andrew Stanton on why and how to tell stories. It will help you learn how to tell more moving, more effective stories. Here are a few of the points he made during this talk. They are worth paying attention to if you want to write better books, […]