Common Mistakes

After being a college writing teacher and freelance editor for many years, author Leah McNaughton Lederman has a lot of experience reviewing and editing the work of...

Magic is a common feature in fantasy stories. Per author Chrome Oxide, there is a right way and a wrong way to present magic in a story. If you are giving your characters...

Book authors and screenwriters have some advantages over playwrights, explains author Naomi Brett Rourke. The main difference between the two groups is that when writing...

Action scenes are incredibly tricky to write, and a lot hinges on them. Action sequences tend to be climax points: they are the last point of a conflict and requires...

Author and screenwriter Neo Edmund discusses common clichés and character flaws in comics, and how a writer can avoid them. Comics in particular have a history of...