Joseph Campbell’s work on myth is widely known. Below you fill find a link to his interview series on Myth. I HIGHLY recommend this to any fiction/fantasy writer. I have found his advice to be very powerful. However, don’t take my word for it. Watch the video below. Its almost an hour. Click on the first quadrant of the video in the upper left hand corner of the video player to start it. I highly...

Are you writing as often as you like? Are you sitting down and putting your hands on your keyboard, but not getting anything written? Well, if that’s the case, you may want to consider your writing space. In some cases an afterthought, writing environments are critical to your ability to write productively. Here are a few writing tips about creating a writing environment that you can work in: Free...

Sometimes it’s hard to think of what to write. Let’s face it, we all go through it. Sometimes we need something to jolt our creativity and to jump-start our writing. Writing exercises are short activities that try to get you past the writer’s block you are probably experiencing, and back on track to do the kind of writing you want to do. Think of three of your favorite movies. Consider the main...

One great way to help you through writer’s block is to try to mind map, or cluster. In this effort youare trying to write down a word that is important to your story, or to your writing in general. Then, you associate the various factors that touch that key word. This should aid you in writing thoroughly. For example, let’s say I am starting a novel about a haunted house. I might start the mind...

Are you looking for a way to improve your writing? Sometimes having a good writing tool can help. I recently discovered a neat little tool for the Window’s Vista sidebar. Merely download the egg timer, and it goes right on your Windows Vista sidebar. The sidebar is present while you are writing, so its always there. You merely click and drag the egg timer just like you do in real life, and the timer...

Whether you are writing a fantasy novel, or a sports column for a local newspaper, you can always stand to improve your copy. There are many writing techniques you can employ to improve the quality of your copy. Asking proper questions, for example, is a critical writing technique that you should consider using if you don’t already. If you already do go through a process of asking yourself questions about...

If you write, you have experienced “writer’s block.” There are many definitions for writer’s block, and frankly, they all amount to the same thing – you are not writing. Whether you have too much anxiety, you feel paralyzed, you don’t know what to write next, you can’t decide which project to focus on next, or _________ (fill in the blank), the point is the same –...

All good writing needs a good plan. Good writing is an exercise in higher thinking, and takes time, review, and revision. Just like a contractor wouldn’t dream of building a house without plan, you shouldn’t consider writing for pay without a detailed plan either. Who would buy a house that wasn’t put together properly? Likewise, writing that is poorly done is just as likely to go unsold. There are several...