Women’s fiction is geared towards, you guessed it: women. That it’s read mostly by women isn’t exactly rocket science, right? A lot of this fiction is also popular with high-school girls, thus crossing age ranges. The books are usually mainstream fiction...

The Singapore Writers Festival is a 10-day event that includes panel discussions, workshops, lectures, and performances. What started in 1986 as a biennial festival is now a highly anticipated, global, yearly event. The mission of the festival is to...

There are many challenges that face comedy writers today. James Breakwell, author of Only Dead on the Inside: A Parent's Guide to Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse , spent years honing his craft and brand of humor before going viral on social media and...

Writing is often a solitary activity, but you will eventually involve others in the process, points out Greg Victoroff, Esq., partner at Greg Victoroff & Associates. This may include collaborators, agents, managers, illustrators, and so forth. When you...

While some authors stick to either long-form or short-form stories, others experiment with both. Sometimes, authors write a long-form story that can be broken down into several episodic sections. Other times, authors build out their long-form novel...

Publishing your short work in literary magazines and anthologies is an excellent way to develop your craft and expand your credentials as a writer. These markets range from no payment to significant compensation. Many of them also nominate their contributors...

What Is External Conflict? Conflict is a necessary ingredient to any good story. Without some obstacles to get in your main character’s way, he/she will reach their goal with no opposition. Doesn’t sound like too exciting of a story, does it? Every...

We all have the same goal as fiction writers—we want to transport our readers inside the pages so that they feel like a part of the story. Characters are an extremely important part of making that happen. And characters don’t just transport the readers;...

Goodreads is Facebook for people who enjoy life between the covers. embership in the fast-growing site for readers, writers and reviewers has spiked from 6.5 million to 9 million since we rang in 2012, with 17 million joining each month, says Goodreads...

Dialogue by definition is the part of the storytelling process in which your characters communicate. It’s a delicate balance that they must walk when speaking in this type of setting. In real life people ramble on about things just to converse, but in...