Dialogue is something fiction writers have to think about all the time, but it’s just as important if you’re writing narrative nonfiction or memoir.
CRAFT: 5 Strategies for Writing Better Dialogue by Tom Farr
Category: Craft
Our Craft column archive, which features an array of guest contributors.
CRAFT: Can I Live Off A Book Advance? by Abby Norman
You’ve got your agent. You’ve found a publisher. Now, you’re entering a strange period of apparent uselessness while your agent and publisher talk in hushed tones about The Deal.
Craft: Stranger Than Nonfiction: Examining Point of View in Creative Nonfiction by P. Casey Telesk
Switching POV is criticized in creative nonfiction even more than it is in fiction.. But it’s absolutely possible.
CRAFT: What Star Wars Can Teach Us About Storytelling by Tom Farr, Guest Columnist
… there’s good reason to fall in love with writing as an evolutionary process … No matter how skilled you are or how creative your imagination may be, your first draft should be your worst draft
CRAFT: 7 Things Every Aspiring Author Should Know About Publishing by Abby Norman
I thought perhaps I’d share what I’m learning as I’m learning it. Take you, the readers and the writers, on the journey with me from pitch to published book…
CRAFT: On the Precision of Language by P. Casey Telesk
One word can change the meaning of a sentence. Certain words emphasize certain things. The tense of a verb can change the narrative distance.
CRAFT: I Can’t Teach You How to be Funny, But… By Christoph Paul
To look foolish, to be vulnerable, and upset others—that takes courage. If you are writing scared, you’re writing half-assed.
CRAFT: It Takes A Social Network by Donna Steiner
There comes a time in every writer’s life when she believes she has no ideas and a deadline approaches and panic hovers at the periphery.
CRAFT: Finding Meaning In Images — Looking At Your Story Like A Graphic Designer by P. Casey Telesk
I often tell people that if they want to discover what their book is really about, then they should design a cover…
Craft: Bone Heap — On Returning to One’s Own Work by Donna Steiner
Any writer who has been at it for a while knows what throwaways are, although you might have another name for them. Exercises, warm-ups, unfinished pieces, maybe the ever-optimistic “works in progress.”
