The Complete Index of Writing Tips
As with all advice, take what you can use and throw out the rest.
As a multi-published author, I have been taught some fairly rigid
rules on what is publishable and what is not. If my rather
straight-laced (and occasionally snotty,) advice does not suit your creative style, by all means, IGNORE IT. Less competition for me. :)
Where to Begin? Read this FIRST.
Dear Morgan- Mad, Bad, & Dangerously in the Know!
- Dear Morgan ~ A Cover Letter?!?
- Dear Morgan ~ I'm lost in Copyright Legalese!
- Dear Morgan ~ Why do I need CONFLICT in my story?
- Dear Morgan ~ How can anyone write a WHOLE Novel?
Cheater's Guides
- The EROTIC Thesaurus
- The NON-VERBAL Thesaurus
- Good for Your Writing! ~ A Book List
- My Secret Erotica Plotlines
Sex, Erotica & Erotic Romance
- When & How to SMUT
- Same Old SEX?
- 50 Shades of ABUSE
- How Much Smut for Your story?
- 10 Sec: SMUT Does Not = POPULARITY
- Writing FETISH Fiction
- Writing STROKE-FICTION Erotica (AKA the PWP)
- My Secret Erotica Plotlines
- Writing the LOVE scene vs the Sex scene.
- Sci-Fi/Fantasy and Romance?
- Making ROMANCE
- Writing SEX Action - Technique & Structure
- Erotica WITHOUT Sex?
- Erotic vs. Erotica - More than just Sex
- To BE Erotic Fiction - SEX Must drive the Plot.
- All you need to know to Write EROTIC ROMANCE
- The Filthy Truth about Sex & Love ~ In Fiction
StoryCRAFT
- Test Readers and BETA Readers
- From Idea to STORY
- You ARE what You READ
- 10 Sec: Stuck on a SHORT Story?
- Essentials of the Short Story ~ By Edgar Allen Poe
- 10 Sec: Choosing a Title
- An Opening Hook?
- 10 Sec: Foreshadowing...!
- Modern Fiction Story Structures
- Periodic Table of Storytelling
- Quick and Dirty StoryCraft
- Writing Serialized Fiction ~ Not just another Novel Idea!
- How to make THE END
- WORLD-BUILDING: RESEARCH is your Best Friend
- The Copywriter's Technique for Writing Fiction
- The Enemy of Good Fiction ~ PROPAGANDA
- Controlling Word Count
- ACTION and the Evil "As"
Plotting
- Plot Devices: Deus Ex Machina or Chekhov's Gun?
- Plotting - Murphy's Law Method
- BASIC Plotting
- High Speed PLOTTING!
- Emotional Conflict & PLOT!
- Raping Other Plots!
- Classic Plotting Patterns
- Looking for a Good Idea? - Common Plots
- Plotting & PREMISE
- Goal, Motivation & Conflict ~ SIMPLIFIED
- PHANTOM of the OPERA ~ Great Movie! BAD PLOT!
Writing Description
- You Don't ALWAYS have to Show. Sometimes You Can TELL!
- MEMORY Training ~ for Better Description
- Creative Narrative ~ A Description exercise
- The Difference between SHOWING & TELLING
- Is DESCRIPTION Really Needed?
- I want to SEE the Story-Damn it! ~ Put DESCRIPTION in your Fiction ~ RANT!
- Tricks to Tight 'Sneaky' DESCRIPTION
Writing Character
- Strong Characters but a Weak Plot?
- The CHARACTER Arc
- Is your Special Character TOO Special?
- Yaoi Writers: Are your Male characters MASCULINE?
- Building the CHARACTER ARC ~ Angst! Glorious Angst!
- Characters Tailor-made For the PLOT
- The Subtle and Annoying, STATIC TRAIT
- CONSTANTINE ~ Villainous Heroism in Action
- The Villain's Point of View?
- When the Hero is NOT a Hero
- Building the DUAL-NATURED Character
Writing Emotions
Grammar
SubGenres
Fairy Tales
Writer's Block & Inspiration
The BUSINESS of Writing
- A Degree in Writing-- RANT
- Write a Novel that will SELL?
- The Secret to BOOK PROMOTION
- Writing Smut for Profit
- $Money Facts$ - Ebooks & NY Print Publication
- A Question of Royalties
- The BIG SECRET to MARKETING Erotic Romance
- Testing your Story's Popularity Potential
- How to Break Into PRINT
- FINISH your Manuscript ~ BEFORE you Submit that Query!
- Publishers ~ The More the Merrier?
- Vampires have flooded the Market!
The Editor's View
- COMMAS - The (Not-So) Quick & Dirty Guide
~ Compiled by Erin Mullarkey, Editor, Loose Id Books - If You Can't Take an Edit, Stay Out of the Publishing House!
By Stefani Kelsey, EIC, ExtasyBooks.com - Show Me the $$$!
"What do the various romance publishers pay?" - by Brenda Hiatt - What makes a Best-Seller?
"There is no better tonic than hard numbers." - by Sarah Weinman
Writing Good Trash ~ by Phil Phantom
Tips from Other Writers
- STORYCRAFT by Lynne Connolly
- Writing FLASH FICTION - A Primer by Gary
- Manhood? - On the Subject of Penises by Sailor Jim
- Thrusting Problems ~ Finding Inspiration for Literal Sex
By Remittance Girl
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