After I had my first short story published, I waited several years to find new inspiration. Only much later did I discover that you don’t wait for inspiration to come to you; you go out and get it. So how do you get inspiration for creative writing? If I say that inspiration is everywhere around …
There’s another word for “research for fiction writers.” Procrastination. So this morning, I was almost ready to write when I figured I needed two more pieces of information before I could begin. The first one was to find out what you call a lawyer in the United States. In Denmark, where I grew up, they …
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Before you start writing a novel, I recommend that you do at least a few preparations. You need an idea, your main characters, and the world and time your story will take place in. After that, you could start writing, but I find it a lot easier to have more planned. You have to figure …
I bet you thought it was a bad thing only to have limited time to write fiction. But even people who have 15 minutes here and there manage to write novels. On the other hand, people who have nothing else to do all day, often end up writing zero words. How come?
“Little did Anne know when she went to bed that night that a zombie would rip her heart out a few hours later.” R.I.P. heroine. And R.I.P. book. Because that’s a horrible way to foreshadow future events. So how do you use foreshadowing in a more subtle and much more efficient way?
You find yourself arranging your desktop again, and obviously, you must get another cup of coffee before you can begin. When you go to the kitchen, you pass the laundry and decide that it’s time to wash some clothes. Even vacuum cleaning seems more fascinating than writing the words you promised yourself you would …
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In case you didn’t know yet, I LOVE the country I live in. Since 2011, there hasn’t been a day where I didn’t praise my luck of coming to Israel to live here. It was a country I never dared to visit on a vacation, because I knew I would cry my eyes out if …
When you write fiction, do you use scenes and sequels? A scene consisting of Goal – Conflict and Disaster? I did that at first. Then I tried other structures, and now I’m back at Goal – Conflict – Disaster. I had doubts about all three parts of a scene. Like: At what moment does the …
I’ve found two books on Amazon about writing stories with a twist. I’ve read the first one, and it was good. I just spotted the second one now, and it looks great, too. And the “new” one: