Biff! Bam! Kapow! Five Tips On Writing Explosive Action Scenes

A good action scene in your story can get your reader turning pages as they try to find out what happens. But writing good action scenes is harder than it appears. Here's five tips on dragging your readers on a roller-coaster ride they won't forget.

New Masks For The Mentor

The mentor in your story doesn't have to be an old man or woman. By choosing a different mask for your mentor, you can give your story a whole new spin.

The Seven Secrets- From Novice to Novelist

Regardless of the novel you want to write, there are seven elements you've got to have. Call them personality traits, work habits, tools, it really doesn't matter. If you've got them, your work is going to be that much more rewarding and that much more successful. If you don't have them, you've got develop them.

Creative Writing Secrets- 7 Ways To Be A Better Creative Writer Today

summary - So you want to be a better creative writer? Every one of us has the ability to improve our creative writing output, both in quantity and quality. Read on to discover 7 great ways YOU can use right away to be a better creative writer:

Faith & Fiction

When it comes to some writers, publishers, and readers, there are two categories of fiction: General Fiction and Christian Fiction. If you’re an author you may sometimes wonder where your work fits, so let’s define the two.

188 Step Hero's Journey (Monomyth) - Story, Creative Writing and Screenwriting Secret

188 stages of the Hero's Journey (Monomyth) you need to know about...

The Backstory, Or - Just Where The Heck Does It All Start?

If you have decided to write a novel, the story that exists within it extends way beyond the book itself. This 'backstory' is what helps give your book depth: here are a few points to keep in mind about the 'past' of the book you're writing.

How To Write In The Children's Market (Part 2)

This is going to be my second article of many that I will be writing on how to break into the children's writing market. This is going to be a considerably long series so keep checking back for updated posts.

MS Word 2003 - How to Change the Image of Toolbar Button and How to Record a Macro?

If you do not like the way a MS Word toolbar button looks, you can change its image very easily. Recording and running macros in MS Word will save you from re-performing repetitive tasks.

Writing - 3 Golden Rules of Indexing

When you are indexing a document, that is, creating an Index for a document, make sure you observe the following three golden rules for maximum user satisfaction...

How To Write In The Children's Market (Part 1)

In the next couple of months I will be writing a number of articles about how you can break into the children's market of writing. This will be a considerably long series so I suggest you keep checking back for the newest post.

Careers in Writing- Selling Information With Online E-book Publishing

Millions of people worldwide come to the internet to search for information on a variety of topics. As a writer you can provide easy access to information by publishing online e-books and earning a lucrative income.

How to Use Commas

A primer on one of the more difficult punctuation marks, from an American English perspective. Useful for ESL speakers, basic writers, and the rest of us who get confused about those pesky little marks.

Children's Books - How to Add More Style to Your Writing - Part 1

When writing your children's book, your should try to pay as much attention to style as you do to the construction of the story. Style is the elegance of the story, and without due regard to style, your book will be awkward and tedious to read.

Writing Web-Friendly Content

On today’s internet, content is king. These simple guidelines, backed by web accessibility studies, will improve the readability of your content.