Prompts for Writers and Inspiration for Readers
The Subtext Underneath the Argument
Two brothers, a car, and an argument that wasn’t actually about what either of them said it was about. I wrote the scene three times before I understood what was happening underneath it, and what that turned out to be is in the full piece on Ramos On Craft.
Richard Osman Narrative Mastery
Life is a journey of counting the good days and carrying them with you. Today, embrace the moment.
Guy Kawasaki on Reading
Stephen King wisely said, ‘If you don’t have the time to read, you don’t have the time or the tools to write.’ To excel as a writer, immerse yourself in your genre and explore other genres to broaden your perspective.
The Story Hidden Inside the Outline
An outline can be confident about a scene’s importance long before the writer who built it understands why. This is the story of the morning that gap closed for me, while writing longhand, before dawn.
On Crafting Dialogue
“Writing isn’t about replicating real-life conversation; it’s about giving the impression that this is real-life conversation.” (kobo.com, Crafting Dynamic Dialogue)
Lisa Cron On Story
The belief that a story will appear if you write blindly into the darkness is extremely damaging, because it has given rise to one of the most seductive, widespread, and undermining concepts in the writing world: pantsing.
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