Raymond E. Feist's Magician: Apprentice was published in 1982, and more than forty years later I think it teaches fantasy writers some lessons that modern books often forget. So today I want to look at what this novel gets right—and a couple things I think it gets wrong. Magician: ...
Should I Start Over? 5 Questions to Help You Decide
"Should I start over?" is a question asked frequently by most writers at some point or another. It doesn't happen with every project, but I would venture to say that it's probably happened to everybody at least once. Every person has to develop their own writing process. And because the writing ...
Why Your Writing Feels Boring (And How to Fix It)
When writing, there is an old saying that says, “If you’re bored, then your reader was bored 10 pages ago.” This principle is generally true, but this isn’t necessarily always the case. If you’ve spent an inordinate amount of time with one story, then it’s likely that the story becomes boring ...