Writing to Trope

Writing to Trope

by | Mar 16, 2025 | Blog, Method, Writing, Writing Craft

We all like to think that we write original stories that no one has ever written before. In a sense that’s true. On the other hand, it’s also highly likely that your story falls into a trope. According to Wikipedia, a trop is “a writer’s usage of commonly...
Finally found my writing software

Finally found my writing software

by | Mar 2, 2025 | Blog, Method, Writing

I feel like Dorothy Gale from The Wizard of Oz. I’ve been everywhere looking for the perfect writing software and I’d already had it with me all along, I just hadn’t realized it. Thanks to one comment from a completely unrelated question on Reddit, I discovered the...
Do you really need to show that?

Do you really need to show that?

by | Feb 23, 2025 | Blog, Writing, Writing Craft

Is it possible to have too much “show” and not enough “tell” in your novel? First, a quick reminder of the terms: Showing is when you have an entire scene, complete with action, outer dialogue, and, most of the time, inner dialogue. We see what is happening in real...
To use AI or not

To use AI or not

by | Feb 16, 2025 | Blog, Business of Writing, Method, Writing

It’s the question so many authors are struggling with—and by authors, I mean people who come up with an idea for a novel, write it without assistance except from other human beings, and then publish. There is Artificial Intelligence EVERWHERE. You’ve heard...
Four Writing Apps to Help You Get Organized

Four Writing Apps to Help You Get Organized

by | Feb 9, 2025 | Blog, Method, Writing

Every time I turn around there is another program I need to check out. I think it’s because I recently started reading reddit. All of the people who create apps are there, I think. And they all mention their apps at some point or other (or, more annoyingly, every time...