It’s been over a year since I shared a curated collection of articles on writing and publishing. When I started this blog, About This Writing Stuff was a monthly feature, then quarterly, then whenever I could get to it as life became increasingly hectic. I can’t promise that these will be posted on a regular schedule again, but I’ll do my best.
From the folks at Career Writers, we get tips on writing backstory without info dumping, using an unreliable narrator, and crafting a memoir from traumatic memories.
Kristen Lamb explains why your characters deserve to make choices and deal with the consequences. She also analyzes how AI can be used—and misused—in our field.
From Mythcreant Chris Winkle, we get six easy lessons on how to keep your characters in danger and an overview of six different styles of prose.
All that and much more. Enjoy!
The Art of Deceit: Crafting a Novel With an Unreliable Narrator by Dana Isaacson
Excavating Buried Memories for Memoir by Mimi Nichter
3 Ways to Write Effective Backstory by Jessica Strawser
New Writers, Are You Making These 4 Mistakes? by Anne R. Allen
How Not to Write Your Novel by James Scott Bell
Bookshop.org Partners with Draft2Digital by Debbie Burke
Why Choice—Not Talent—Drives Great Stories by Kristen Lamb
If AI Loves Your Writing, Be Very VERY Worried by Kristen Lamb
Which of These Six Prose Styles Are You Writing? by Chris Winkle
Six Ways to Keep Characters in the Danger Zone by Chris Winkle
What Publishing Contracts Won’t Tell You (Especially Small Press Contracts) by Matt Knight
How to Make Use of Incidental Characters by Kathryn Craft
So Random by Donald Maass