by Kayleigh | Feb 14, 2025 | Writing Tips
Unreliable narration is a literary device that can create a deeper sense of suspense or mystery, engaging your reader on a fresh level. An unreliable narrator can also be a lot of fun to write. What is an Unreliable Narrator? An unreliable narrator is one who is...
by Pamela Eisenberg | Feb 6, 2025 | Writing Tips
This guest post was written by Pamela Eisenberg I’m a writer, a performer, an occasional gamer, and a nerd. That means my social circles form a giant Venn diagram with Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) in the middle. Somehow, however, I had never played D&D...
by Kayleigh | Jan 16, 2025 | Writing Tips
In fact, if word counts are all we measure a writing session by, then it can be easy to feel down on days when the count isn’t so high. Consider also reflecting on a writing session in other ways. How were you feeling before you started writing? (A bad mood can spoil...
by Kayleigh | Dec 27, 2024 | Editing Tips, Writing Tips
Assessing feedback is a skill, and while most writers tend to develop a gut instinct for it, that takes time. I recently worked with a client who had received such varied feedback from their initial readers that they felt confused and pulled in too many directions....
by Kayleigh | Oct 25, 2024 | Writing Tips
We’ve all probably heard the joke, “Be nice or you’ll end up in my novel.” That’s because writers are naturally influenced by people and situations from our real lives. Some writing advice (“Write what you know!”) even finds its foundation in this. But hitting too...
by Kayleigh | Sep 13, 2024 | Writing Tips
It’s Friday the 13th, so let’s talk superstitions! For storytellers across many genres, superstitions can be a great way to dig into and expand your world-building. They can also provide interesting and fun insight into characters and their psyches. Superstitions,...