Your characters are very important to your story and can impact on the plot simply by their behaviour and attitude.

Information about entering fiction writing contests.

Developing your own editing, proofreading, and critiquing skills is important to your success as a professional writer.

The writing field is wrapped up in contracts and copyright legalese. Here are some resources to try to makes sense of it all.

Plot is very important in many genres. Sometimes you can write a convincing book using a plot formula.

Writing the book is only half the challenge. Now you have to get readers to buy it!

The setting for your story gives a context for all actions that take place. Be sure to do your research and to choose a setting that gives life to your story.

Resources and articles to help you work through the submission process, from query letters to synopses.

All writers get writer´s block. Here are techniques for overcoming it!

The craft of writing is the hard work part - these are the techniques and skills that you can learn and improve on, to produce better writing.

Online writing groups and forums where you can meet like-minded writers.