Editing Short Fiction: Five Ways to Make Your Story Stronger
Editing short fiction (or any writing for that matter) requires an objective eye and some brave decision making – here’s how to do it.
10 Pieces of Stellar Editing Advice from Celebrated Authors
Need help with editing your precious words? Learn from the greats and find an editing method that works for you and your writing.
How to Get Objectivity for Editing
It’s SUPER hard to look objectivity at your own work. So how do you get the distance you need to really hone your story?
Common Manuscript Issues – Advice from An Editorial Consultant
Expert tips and tricks on editing and fine-tuning your novel
What To Do With A First Draft
Whether you’ve just smashed NaNoWriMo in record time, or have been slogging out this novel for a decade, reaching the end of a first draft is a huge great MASSIVE flapping achievement. So before you do anything else, if you’ve got to the end of a first draft the most important thing you need to […]
Writing Lessons From Groundhog Day
Well hey there. Who’s ready for some tough talk about how setting yourself up for failure can be one of the most helpful approaches to writing? Yes! Failure! One of the most useful experiences an artist can ever have. We talk about fear of failure a lot at WHQ, and why you have to feel the […]
Break Through the (Writing) Blockage
Frustrated af with your writing? Stuck? Hit a wall? Feeling totally meh about the whole thing? Looking for a way out of the world of sticky writing blockages? (ew) Ok, how’s about an internet-attention-span-friendly listicle? Something quick ‘n’ dirty to help you get moving again? A LITERARY LAXATIVE, if you will? (ew) Alright, alright, before we […]
Troubleshoot Your Writing: Why Are You Stuck?
Fear not the stickage. Everyone hits a sticking point in their writing at some point. Hitting a sticking point does not = failure. Going through a writing drought does not mean you should give up. Realising your writing is riddled with problems does not mean it’s not redeemable. But before you can move past all […]
Sowing Story Seeds
How to engineer a big satisfying payoff for your story with some subtle seeding…
The Magic Of Scene Summaries
Organise your shit, overcome the overwhelm, and finish your dang book.
