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The most common question I get as a reviewer of fiction isn't about whether I can review work. Nor is it about grammar, description, or any other common writing problems. ...

One time, I emailed a chapter of my story, FREAK to another writer. She looked at it, and this was her response: "It was a good boring chapter." Boring??? I ...

Not a lot of credit is given to where a chapter ends and begins actually, though it is an art. For instance, a couple of months I was writing something ...

I was reading an earlier version of my story the other day and it was SO BAD. I was literally cringing in my seat as I read it because it ...

Sometimes, in the heat of the moment, you can write these horribly awful soppy scenes. Now, if you're lucky, then it's just narrative and you can cut it out and ...

A cliffhanger is basically a story that ends (or stops) in an abrupt manner. It came after that absolutely wonderful plot twist where our main character is hanging off a ...

For all those who don't know, I've been writing this novel called FREAK about five years. Obsessed? Nah... In any case, it deals with societal issues. What can I say? ...

So, you have this really cool place and you want to describe it. Or, alternatively, you have this really boring place and you feel obligated to describe it, but for ...

I don't know... some writing tips make me scratch my head in wonder. I forget where this came from, but basically, the person writing it said that there were three ...

Back in my younger days, I read some pretty depressing books, such as 1984 and Poe's work and other stuff. Well, they're not that depressing actually, but when I was ...

In some harsher critiques on YWS, you'll find a lot of references to navel gazing. So what is this? Well, technically, it's staring at your belly button. That's the very ...

My first tip? Get OBSESSIVE over metering. You see, rhymes will come and go, but what you need is a consistent metering. For example (forgive me if I use my ...

A lot of people, especially less-experienced writers, underestimate the value of grammar. Which is more than understandable. Instead of the wrong spellings, which is easy correctable, grammar is an if

Semicolons indicates a dramatic pause, which is later finished. "This is not a good idea; it will lead us into danger." "Hush!" Ellipses (the dot-dot-dot thing) indicate a trailing off. ...

Memorize the following rules: “That sucks,” he said. “That sucks!” he said. “Does that suck?” he said. “That sucks,” he said, slapping his knee. “That sucks!” he said, slapping his