Writing Tips

In the first post of my four-part series, I introduced ANTS, my framework for helping storytellers make strategic choices that increase reader engagement. ANTS stands for the effects a storyteller should seek to cultivate in their story: attachment, novelty, tension, and satisfaction. Last time, I covered the basics of attachment. Now it’s time for a closer look […]

By Susan Haught Have you ever watched a child blow bubbles with a little wand and a bottle of soapy water? Perhaps you’ve taken a turn yourself. If you have, you’ll know there’s something magical about bubbles. When my son was little, we’d spend Easter with friends, and every year the Easter bunny would leave a

Did Ernest Hemingway ever advise, write drunk edit sober? Probably not. But it has become one of the most popular fixed expressions for new writers. If you have just started writing or you are attending writing classes, you must have heard the expression. On social media, writers have used the phrase thousands of times. Yet

By Scott Lorenz Westwind Book Marketing “Authors, put down your pen and go explore the many book fairs and festivals around the country. You won’t be sorry!”  Scott Lorenz, Book Publicist After writing diligently for weeks and months on end it’s time to get invigorated! Nothing does the job like meeting people who love books

By Piper Bayard & Jay Holmes In both movies and books, we are inundated with magic sniper rifles that fire with a whisper, bodies that silently crumble to the ground, assassins who shoot successive shots from silenced pistols without a hiccup, and all other manner of . . . fictions. In our last post, Firearms: Know

By Gwen Hernandez Many Scrivener users aren’t familiar with the split screen feature, and if they are, they don’t realize its potential. Introducing Split Screen The Split Screen feature allows you to, well, split your screen. You can divide the single Editor pane into two panes, either horizontally or vertically. Here are a few ways to

by David Wogahn, @Wogahn  It is simple to figure out eBook royalties because there are no “manufacturing” costs. But the formula for calculating your royalty for a paperback book printed by Amazon KDP Print is another matter. That’s because we have two mouths to feed: The printer, in this case Amazon KDP. The retailer—online and brick and