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Writing Forward | Weekly Digest Excerpts: Grammar Rules: Subject-Verb Agreement The rule is simple: singular subjects take singular verbs and plural subjects take plural verbs. But sometimes it’s difficult to tell whether a subject is singular or plural. That’s why subject-verb agreement errors crop up in so many pieces of writing. Making matters worse is the fact that most people don’t know what subject-verb agreement […] Read on » How to Collect Writing Ideas While You’re Procrastinating Online I love the web. In fact, I think it’s the single greatest invention of the twentieth century. It allows people to meet, connect, conduct business, and gather information quickly and easily, all from the comfort of…well, anywhere. It’s also an entertainment mecca. All that art! Music! Films! Literature! And games. The web is an enormous […] Read on »     Recent Articles: Eight Characteristics of Good Writing How to Defeat Writer’s Block Writing Resources: The Crafty Poet Creative Writing Prompts for Sci-Fi & Fantasy Lovers From 101 Creative Writing Exercises: Couplets and Quatrains   Share   Tweet   What's the Story? Building Blocks for Fiction Writing is available from your favorite online bookseller.     Adventures in Writing: The Complete Collection       101 Creative Writing Exercises Copyright © 2017 Bookworms and Wordsmiths, All rights reserved.

Writing Forward | Weekly Digest Excerpts: Eight Characteristics of Good Writing How important is it for a writer to be able to discern the difference between good writing and bad writing? Pretty important, if you ask me. I know some writers aren’t concerned with quality. In today’s do-it-yourself and get-it-done-fast world, quality plays second fiddle to quantity. Who cares if your books are full of typos, […] Read on » How to Defeat Writer’s Block Wikipedia defines writer’s block as “a condition, primarily associated with writing as a profession, in which an author loses the ability to produce new work.” However, I have come to believe that in most cases, writer’s block is a symptom, not a condition. Before we can cure writer’s block, we have to diagnose it. Writer’s block […] Read on »     Recent Articles: Writing Resources: The Crafty Poet Creative Writing Prompts for Sci-Fi & Fantasy Lovers From 101 Creative Writing Exercises: Couplets and Quatrains Plot vs. Character in Storytelling How to Analyze Poetry   Share   Tweet   What's the Story? Building Blocks for Fiction Writing is available from your favorite online bookseller.     Adventures in Writing: The Complete Collection       101 Creative Writing Exercises Copyright © 2017 Bookworms and Wordsmiths, All rights reserved.

Writing Forward | Weekly Digest Excerpts: Writing Resources: The Crafty Poet One of my favorite classes in college was a poetry workshop. Sometimes we did poetry prompts or exercises. Occasionally we read and analyzed poetry. But mostly we shared our poems and received feedback that would help us see the strengths and weaknesses in our work. And then we could make our poetry even better. I’ve […] Read on » Creative Writing Prompts for Sci-Fi & Fantasy Lovers Today’s post includes a selection of prompts from my book, 1200 Creative Writing Prompts. Enjoy! In the world of creative writing, we’ve only begun tapping the possibilities in speculative fiction, a genre that includes science fiction, fantasy, paranormal, supernatural, horror, and superhero stories, as well as anything that ventures beyond known reality. Speculative fiction is […] Read on »     Recent Articles: From 101 Creative Writing Exercises: Couplets and Quatrains Plot vs. Character in Storytelling How to Analyze Poetry Got Writer’s Block? 23 Creative Writing Activities That Don’t Involve Writing What Are Beta Readers, and Should You Use Them?   Share   Tweet   What's the Story? Building Blocks for Fiction Writing is available from your favorite online bookseller.     Adventures in Writing: The Complete Collection       101 Creative Writing Exercises Copyright © 2017 Bookworms and Wordsmiths, All rights reserved.

Writing Forward | Weekly Digest Excerpts: From 101 Creative Writing Exercises: Couplets and Quatrains Today’s writing exercise comes from 101 Creative Writing Exercises, which takes writers on an adventure through different forms and genres while offering tools, techniques, and inspiration for writing. Each chapter focuses on a different form or writing concept: freewriting, journaling, memoirs, fiction, storytelling, form poetry, free verse, characters, dialogue, creativity, and article and blog writing are […] Read on » Plot vs. Character in Storytelling Have you ever struggled with a story idea only to give up because it seems like every plot has already been done? Maybe you focus on character development to make up for a weak or formulaic plot. Or maybe you focus on plot, only to end up with characters that feel flat, stereotypical, or unsympathetic. But […] Read on »     Recent Articles: How to Analyze Poetry Got Writer’s Block? 23 Creative Writing Activities That Don’t Involve Writing What Are Beta Readers, and Should You Use Them? Interviews with Authors Are Packed with Writing Wisdom Writing Resources: Wired for Story   Share   Tweet   What's the Story? Building Blocks for Fiction Writing is available from your favorite online bookseller.     Adventures in Writing: The Complete Collection       101 Creative Writing Exercises Copyright © 2017 Bookworms and Wordsmiths, All rights reserved.