-BLOGEvery Person Will Read the Same Book Differently. Let Them.We’ve all done it. Read a book so amazing our lives are irrevocably changed thereafter. Because we want to impress this amazing discovery...
J.M. RobisonSHORT STORIESTræ Sko5,900 words. Written with this prompt: A happy horror story with a wooden shoe. Plot being a fight between two people for one open job...
-WRITING TIPSRemove "was, were, had, that," for Better Writing StyleThis review a beta reader gave me changed my writing life forever: “I am not a major fan of the words "had' and "that" and eliminate them...
-WRITING TIPSPay Homage to Your First DraftI was beta reading for someone, and I asked them, “Is this your first draft? If not, what draft number are you on?” And his reply, “I...
-WRITING TIPSTo Kill or Not to Kill CharactersWhy should you kill characters? When should you kill characters? How many characters should you kill? WHY: For me, I kill characters when...
-WRITING TIPSThe Genre is What You Wrote, Not What You Think You Wrote.I didn't know what genre The War Queen was about. I knew it was a New Adult because my main characters are 29 and 35 and I knew it was a...
-WRITING TIPSLearn about the different POV's and tensesPOV: Point of View (everything happening as one character sees it. EX: I saw it, she saw it, you saw it) TENSE: past, present, or future...
-WRITING TIPSMining For Meaning: "Mine" The Word To Make It More MeaningfulWhat we like to read changes every few years. In the 8th century people liked Beowulf. In 1600 people liked Shakespear (written in poetry...
J.M. RobisonWRITING TIPSVillains Are Made, Not BornThe inspiration for this blog post comes from The Wizard’s First Rule by Terry Goodkind. It came about at the part where character X is...