Essays

Genre categories are needed to sell a book, but not to write one.

A series exploring storytelling techniques. This essay looks at the pathetic fallacy and how to use it.

No matter what barriers a writer faces, they can always be overcome. The Neanderthal Bard shares his journey to becoming a poet.

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Formatting poetry provides a few complications when compared to plain text. This is a guide to setting up poetry on a page.

Five ways to polish the opening of your novel for your desired reader, not potential agents.

To write settings within stories that feel organic and exist in a realistic way, consider applying the Laws of Thermodynamics.

A step-by-step explanation of how to write a book from start to finish.

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A series exploring storytelling techniques. This essay looks at the eucatastrophe and the dyscatastrophe and how to use them.

Writing requires more than inspiration, and that inspiration never happens when you are supposed to be writing.

There are many web-based tools and apps that can help writers. Publisher Connor Sansby shares a selection that he has found useful.