Direct Article Links:

These websites have some wonderful information, but for quick reference I have linked directly to the articles so as to save time searching through the entire website. When you have the time, I encourage you to take a look at the websites that these articles are referenced from. This direct links page is offered for convenience if you need a quick reference while writing and don't want to take the time to search all over the web.

Link topics on this page:
• Getting Started
• Characters and Character Development
• Plot
• Dialogue
• Editing
• Writers Block

Getting Started/Before You Begin:

• Best Ever Writing Advice
• Avoiding the Pitfalls of the First Novel
• FAQ for Fiction Writers
• FAQ's for beginning writers
• Eight Great Ways to Jump-Start Your Writing
• Discovering the Story Within
• Seven Suggestions for Writing a Novel
• Twenty Most Common Problems and How to Fix Them
• Top Ten Beginner's Blunders
• Getting to It
• Rules Meant to be Broken
• Developing Efficient Work Habits
• Self-Motivation for Writers
• Creating the Perfect Setting
• The Standard Deviations of Writing
• The Elements of the Story
• Writing Exercises
• How to Write Like an Expert
• Become the Creative Force in Your Own Life
• Just Do It
• Forget Fear of Failure - What Most Writers Fear is Success

Characters:

• The X-Factor: Key to Creating Believable Characters
• Looking for Heart in All the Wrong Places
• Attitude and Basic Values Chart
• A Time of New Beginnings: Guilt, Forgiveness, and Justice
• Self-Esteem
• How to Use Motivation to Form Characters and Plot
• Who Are We, Really?
• Character Growth: Change, Maturing
• Creating Memorable Characters
• Using the Five Senses
• How to Raise Dead Characters
• Writing Bad: How to Create a Memorable Villian
• Writing Good Bad Guys
• Beyond Alpha: The Eight Male Archetypes
• Beyond Cinderella: The Eight Female Archetypes
• Become the Actor
• The Best Ever Advice I Ever Received (Become the character)
• Checkmate for Characters
• Point of View: Is Playing by the Rules for You?
• Understanding the First Person

Plot:

• Creating Plausable Plots
• The Ink-Stained Wretch
• Plot
• The Top Ten Plotting Problems
• 25 Unique Places to Find Story Ideas
• Plot Twists
• Plot and Story Climax
• Plotting
• Perceiving What's at Stake in Your Story
• Plotting Without Fears
• The Art of Fiction Writing
• Plot is a Four-Letter Word
• Layering

Dialogue:

• Writing Good Dialogue
• Dialogue
• Let's Talk About Dialogue

Editing/Critiquing (critique sheets can also be used by yourself to edit your own work)

• Taming the Editor on My Shoulder
• Polishing Your Diamond
• Wielding Your Blue Pencil
• Hardcore Critique Guidelines
• How to Critique Fiction
• Guidelines for Critiquing Stories

Writers Block

• Help! I Can't Write!
• Coping With Writer's Block
• Stuck in the Starting Gate
• This is Your Brain and I've Got Your Story Hostage (Don't you just love that title?)

Homepage

Links for Writers - for articles and other links on getting started, tips, general reference, agents, etc.

Topic Links - for researching and preparation to write a story, but not about the craft of writing itself.

Reading Links - to stories that others have written. (This is some good recreation and inspiration for those who are experiencing writer's block.) The stories/links are listed according to subject matter.

Publishing Links - to articles on agents, copyrights, query letters, synopsis and other topics for when the manuscript is finished.

Writing Ezines - links to websites offering free writing ezines. The ezines have articles and various other useful information and comes directly to your email.

Writing TipsTips and tricks of the trade submitted by other writers.

If you have any articles you want me to review to add to this site or if you have a story you want to submit, please send me an email.

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