Tag: fiction

  • Defining Point of View: Pros and Cons of Six POVs in Fiction

    Defining Point of View: Pros and Cons of Six POVs in Fiction

    Point of view is one of the most important decisions that a writer makes when writing a story.  Point of view dictates how close the reader comes to the characters as well as how the narration is related to the reader.  It is trendy these days to get as close as possible, so that the…

  • Publishing Without New York By John Scherber

    Publishing Without New York By John Scherber

      So you’re ready to publish your great novel, the one that took you eight years of agony to write, but no one’s interested. You even have an agent. Signing with her made you feel like you were really on your way, but now she rarely returns your calls, and you don’t know exactly what…

  • Why Movies Will Never Replace Books By John Scherber

    Why Movies Will Never Replace Books By John Scherber

      Movies have been with us for about 115 years now. Their charm is obvious––movement, sound, color, the impact of constantly changing visuals. Some even offer 3-D. Aren’t they about the most stimulating entertainment possible? The violence especially is often more than you could ever imagine, or would want to. With all this, why would…

  • Understanding Vantage Point In Writing By Nathan Feuerberg

    Understanding Vantage Point In Writing By Nathan Feuerberg

    Often, first time writers pick up a pen because something has happened in their life that they believe others should know about.  Maybe they have just finished the twelve steps of Alcoholics Anonymous or possibly they watched a friend bleed to death in Iraq and they’ve decide they need to write a memoir or novel…

  • How to Write What You Know By Nathan Feuerberg

    How to Write What You Know By Nathan Feuerberg

    It is common to hear people advise writers to, ‘Write what you know.’  Everyone from granddaddies to customs officials will hand out this bit of information to aspiring writers as though it is the answer to everything.  And in a way it is.  Whether the advice giver knows it or not they are pointing out…

  • Writing the Query Letter

    Writing the Query Letter

    So, you’ve finished you’ve novel. Now what? Well, most writers would start by tracking down a literary agent or a publishing house that is right for them. They would get a subscription to the Writer’s Market, browse through the agencies or publishers, and then choose about fifteen to send off sample pages and a query…

  • Defining Point of View: Pros and Cons of Six POVs in Fiction

    Point of view is one of the most important decisions that a writer makes when writing a story.  Point of view dictates how close the reader comes to the characters as well as how the narration is related to the reader.  It is trendy these days to get as close as possible, so that the…

  • Q & A – San Miguel Writers’ Conference “Writing Contest”

    This article has been updated for 2018. Over the last few weeks we’ve received quite a few emails asking questions about the San Miguel Writers’ Conference “Writing Contest.”  We’ve gotten so many it seemed like a good idea to answer them publicly.  Below is a list of the most frequently asked questions.  If you have…

  • 5 Steps to Submitting Your Fiction to Magazines

    You’ve spent months writing drafts of a short story.  You’ve spent even more time fine tuning your work.  Now your tale is ready to be submitted to magazines, but you’re not sure where to send it or how to go about sending it.  Part of you wants to hand it over to your friend Dave…

  • Elmore Leonard’s Ten Rules For Writing By Andy Ross

    Literary Agent, Andy Ross, recently wrote a blog with tips for writers.  We liked it so much we wanted to share it with you.  Andy has worked in the book business since 1972 and has been profiled in such newspapers and magazines as Publisher’s Weekly, San Francisco Chronicle, Time Magazine, and the Wall Street Journal.…

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