Writing Help

WRITING ENCOURAGEMENT

• Do You and Your Book Have a Purpose to Fulfill?
• 7 Links to Encourage the Writer in You
• Encouraging Quotes for Writers
• 100 Words of Encouragement for Writers
• Encouragement
• Writer's First Aid

GENERAL WRITING ADVICE

• F. Scott Fitzgerald on Great Writing
• 25 Insights on Becoming a Better Writer
• 30 Indispensable Writing Tips From Famous Authors
• Ray Bradury's Advice to Writers
• The Best Advice on Writing
• 34 Writing Tips That Will Make You a Better Writer

THE PUBLISHING BUSINESS

• Advice to First-Time Authors
• How Books Get Published
• How to Get Your Book Published
• Nicholas Spark's Advice for Writers
• Publishing Your Book

E-BOOK PUBLISHING

• How to Self-Publish Your E-Book

LITERARY AGENTS AND QUERY LETTERS

• Association of Authors' Representatives
• Query Letter Mad Lib
• Noah Lukeman: Land a Literary Agent
• Query Letters
• Joanna Penn: How I Got a Literary Agent
• Literary Agents Database
• How to Find a Literary Agent
• How to Write a Query Letter

PLOT A BOOK

• Plot Tips for the Aspiring Author
• Nathan Bransford on Writing a Novel
• 5 Tips for Writing Effective Plot Twists
• How to Write a Novel
• Story Structure and Plot
• First Steps in Plotting a Novel

CREATE EFFECTIVE CHARACTERS

• How to Avoid Creating Plastic Characters
• Character Worksheet
• Characterization - The Inner Life
• How to Craft Compelling Characters
• Characterization 101: How to Create Memorable Characters
• Ideas in Creative Writing-Characterization
• Character Creation

SCENE STRUCTURE

• Anchor Scenes for Story Structure
• Shaping the Scene
• 7 Essentiel Elements of Scene
• Writing the Perfect Scene

SETTING AND DESCRIPTION

• 4 Ways to Bring Settings to Life
• The Art of Description
• 21 Prompts for Setting a Scene
• Writing Powerful Descriptions
• Guide for Writers: Setting
• Guide for Writers: Description
• 5 Tips for Better Settings
• 6 Tips for Writing Descriptions

SUCCESS STORIES OF AUTHORS

• There's a First Time for Everyone
• Nigerian Author Gertrude U. Uzoh
• Story of Author Ally Condie
• Self-Published Authors Find E-Success
• Twitter Success Story: Author Lynn Sheene
• Writing Helps Steve Schofield