Avoid Clichés (Like the uh ... Plague).
Okay, writing friends, you’d better set your jaw for this one because it might just make your heart pound in your chest, your blood boil,...
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Scene and Summary – An Indispensable Internal Structure of Showing and Telling
Fictional stories, be they short, long, or somewhere in the middle, need internal structure to keep the reader engaged, and that...
Sequence and Simultaneity – Know the Difference
Reading, like life, is mostly linear. Things happen one after another after another. I get up in the morning, take a dump, brush my teeth...
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel - A Great Book for Writers
Sorry, I haven’t written anything here in a while – I’ve actually been doing some real writing – but I would be remiss if I didn’t tell...
The Blogging Continues: Using PoV in Setting for Characterization and Mood
Me again, Mike Myers, senior editor of British Fantasy Award nominee Grimdark Magazine https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/. I sometimes...
Yet Another Blog Post: Setting the Scene
Hello again. I’m Mike Myers, senior editor of British Fantasy Award nominee Grimdark Magazine https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/. I...
At Last, Another Blog Post! A Look at Take Off Your Pants! by Libbie Hawker
Hello, and thanks for checking out my blog. My name is Mike Myers. I am currently senior editor of 2018 British Fantasy Award Nominee...
My First Blog Post: SFF Editor Available for Freelance Work
Hello, my name is Mike Myers (not the famous one), and thanks for checking out my first blog post. The purpose of this post is simply to...