Writing a short story or a book is not easy. It costs. We have to invest our money and our time if we want to write anything worth reading.

Using homegrown metaphors to build a believable story world.

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Basics stuff. Examples of different tenses.

How to teach in children´s books without being preachy.

Deadly sin #1--Characters with such heavy scene agendas that they don't have time to react to the action around them

Stopping the story so you, the author, can stand in front of the camera like a six o'clock news reporter is a great sin in fiction writing. Every detail ought to propel the story and catch the reader in the draft of its forward movement.

What editors want -- my conference report from the 2008 SCBWI SpringMingle conference in Atlanta.

POV stands for point of view. Who is telling the story? Whose eyes are we looking through? Who is interpreting events for us?

A look at the three most common points of view in children's fiction.