My Articles on Writing 2 – Other Topics

Some thoughts and hopefully helpful insights

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See also My Articles on Writing 1 – Characters and Dialogue

After over sixty years of writing in a variety of capacities, I turned to fiction full-time instead of just here and there. Along the way, I read what other people wrote about the process of writing and dared to write up some of my own thoughts. Those articles appear both here and on my author website. I list them in this article for your handy reference. Hope they help you in your writing journey.

Articles on My Substack:

• Is the Term “Science Fiction” Passé?

• The Two Real Conflicts in Literature

• Authors Playing “Follow the Leader”

• Do Word Counts Matter?

• A Different Kind of World Building in Literature

• The Role of Writers

• How Much Editing Is Too Much?

• Authors and Readers as Philosophers

• The Use of Contractions in Fiction

• The Incredible Shrinking Short Story

• The “Shear” Delight of Story Cutting

• The Futility of Subtlety and Symbolism in Modern Literature

• Why Modern Fiction Is So Uninteresting

• Some Very Worthy Writing Advice

• Some Thoughts on Titles

• The AI Factor in Literature

• Gotta Keep Writing Despite AI Threat

• Point of View

Articles on My Author Website:

*article also on Substack

• Style vs. Knowledge

• Infusing Your Many Talents into Your Writing

• How Do You Get Started?

• When Using Passive Voice Works

• When Inspiration Hits

• Fitting Holidays in Fiction

• When Life Interferes with Your Writing

• Types of Editing for Your Work of Fiction

• Beware the “Experts”!

• Write for Yourself or the Market

• Switching Genres

• Using Your Personal Experiences

• Some of the Worst Advice I Have Seen for Writers

• * The Two Real Conflicts in Literature

• * Authors Playing “Follow the Leader”

• * Do Word Counts Matter?

• * A Different Kind of World Building in Literature

• The Role of Writers

• * How Much Editing Is Too Much?

• * Authors and Readers as Philosophers

• * The Use of Contractions in Fiction

• * The Incredible Shrinking Short Story

• * The “Shear” Delight of Story Cutting

• * The Futility of Subtlety and Symbolism in Modern Literature

• * Why Modern Fiction Is So Uninteresting

• * Some Very Worthy Writing Advice

• * Some Thoughts on Titles

• * The AI Factor in Literature

• The Value of Print-on-Demand for Writers and Readers

• * Point of View

Don’t miss Publisher Agent Fiction Genres Defined (a downloadable PDF).

May your writing journey be a rewarding one, personally and financially!

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