SWRT 15: Writing Habits and Productivity

What is a writing habit? And how can you create one that is both enjoyable and productive? What if you are writing around all your other life responsibilities? And what kind of systems can you put in place to make yourself successful? As we head into this new year, make your writing a priority.

Reader Empathy

  Alida explains why your story will fail if you don’t write in such a way that you engage reader’s empathy. Watch the Embody Your Character video here. Have thoughts, comments, or questions? Post them below in the comments section or head over the...

Flash Tip: Verisimilitude

Alida discusses the importance of verisimilitude in your fictional world. She draws an example from Robert Scanlon’s novel, Constellation.

Flash Tip: !!!!!

In this week’s Flash Tip, Alida addresses gratuitous punctuation and offers an easy solution to overusing exclamation points.

Flash Tip: You Only Get Two

Alida discusses pet words and how they can damage your prose. The answer? Kill them. Kill them all…but two.

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