How The Novel Workshop Can Help Busy Professionals Write Their First NovelWritten By Matthew CricchioAug 26, 2024Aug 26, 2024
Fictional characters are not real peopleI hear this question from students too often, not in the rough draft stage, but in second draft (and beyond) editing especially after a…Mar 30, 2022Mar 30, 2022
What is your why for writing fiction?As the great Viktor Frankl said, if you give a person a why they can find any how.Mar 8, 2022Mar 8, 2022
Want to be a serious novelist? Get a notebook.“We are workers whose days are never done.” -RodinFeb 8, 2022Feb 8, 2022
Everything you know about characterization is wrong.Characterization are the choices your characters make under pressure that reveal their true natures.Feb 3, 2022Feb 3, 2022
How to Write Setting in FictionSetting is the combination of scene descriptions and blocking narrated through a specific voice to produce the effect of atmosphere.Feb 3, 2022Feb 3, 2022
How To Write Dialogue That Pops“Dialogue is what characters do to each other.” — Elizabeth BowenFeb 3, 2022Feb 3, 2022
How To Use POV To Hook ReadersPOV problems are the easiest for the new writer to make and they plague even experienced writers.Feb 3, 2022Feb 3, 2022
