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Using Character Sheets in Fiction Writing

Writing fiction is a bit like baking a cake. You need the right ingredients in the right amounts, or it will turn out awful. For fiction, you need the right combination of plot, action, description and character development to bring your story to life for your reader.

Character development can be one of the most important things about writing fiction. You want to create a realistic group of characters to move your plot along and to do that you need to know them.   [read more]

Writing the Flashback in Fiction

Flashbacks are tools for the fiction writer to add depth and interest to a story, as they can be a part of any piece of writing in any genre and type. Flashbacks are important for the drama in the story, because they bring the reader into the life of the characters on an emotional level and let him enter the characters' thoughts, feelings, and expectations.

The main obligation of the flashback is to take the readers back in time when that time or place in the past matters greatly to the storyline and to the present and the future of the characters. By the same token, the flashback has to aid the reader's grasp of the story. The reader's grasp usually matches the writer's understanding of his characters and their situations. If a writer has not fully fleshed out his characters in his mind, the flashbacks may run the risk of being irrelevant to the story.   [read more]

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6 Ways to Beat Writer's Block

Writing articles is a great way to establish yourself as an expert in your field and gain credibility as you promote your business. Consistently coming up with new ideas to write about, however, can be a challenge. Not only that, often when inspiration blooms, its petals can be wilted by that nemesis of anyone who writes... Writer's Block.

That's why it's important to have some tools and techniques on hand to help take you away from staring at a blank screen to turning your valuable knowledge and insights into information-rich content. Here are six to get you started:   [read more]

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