If you aren’t already watching the brilliant, funny, videos of soft-spoken and self-deprecating Yuvi Zalkow, you should be. A self-confessed “failed writer,” Yuvi nonetheless keeps turning out content, including his latest novel, A Brilliant Novel in the Works, which is available on Kindle now. Which is a great hook for some cheap, “Who’s on first” type [...]
Learning is Not Doing
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When people ask me for writing advice (and God knows why they ask me in the first place) the first thing I tell them is: go find some books on craft and read them. There are plenty of great ones: On Writing, by Stephen King The 38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes, by Jack Bickham [...]
The Woeful Writing Warnings of Superman III
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If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then I’m about to compare JM Bell to Jesus Christ incarnate, because this entry is basically “What Can Superman III Teach You About Writing?” without any useful pedagogy. If you haven’t checked out Bell’s “What Can So-And-So Teach You” series over on Start Your Novel, you should [...]
