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Tips and resources for fiction writers along with free e-books, tutorials, articles, short stories, book reviews, poems, screenplays. Learn the art and craft of fiction writing through 200 plus articles on writing and editing.

Added on: Jun 23rd, 2009
Country: India
Language: English

Author: Shruti
Listed in: Writing Fiction
Tags: books tips literature editing fiction writing how to articles

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What’s all this about word count?

Posted on Friday February 5th, 2010 at 11:35 am in book reviews, latest articles, fiction writing, book writing, novel writing, fiction novels, writing scenes, dangers for fiction writers, how to write a fiction novel, story writing tips, top writing softwares, writing your novel

Put A Love Story by Eric Segal beside War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy and the argument does not stand. But I am not thinking about selling, for a change; I am thinking about determining the volume of your book accurately. I read somewhere an easy way t...
Show, Don’t tell: Emotions and Expressions

Posted on Monday December 21st, 2009 at 05:53 am in books, literature, latest articles, fiction writing, writing techniques, how to write fiction, literaryzone

From editors to fiction gurus we hear the same advice Show, Don’t Tell. Careful use of verbs instead of a truck-load of adjectives is what an experienced writer will say. I add that transforming emotions into expressions is one of the must-do jobs ...
Books I recommend for fiction writers

Posted on Tuesday November 3rd, 2009 at 07:14 am in writing resources, latest articles, fiction writing, best books on writing, books fiction writers must read, books on fiction writing, fiction writing guides, help books on fiction writing, learning writing fiction

These are some of the books I recently read. In each book listed below, I learnt something new and invaluable about fiction writing. I borrowed them from the British Council Library so they are not a part of my bookshelf. I did not photograph any of ...
8 interesting sites on writing fiction

Posted on Wednesday October 21st, 2009 at 06:00 am in writing resources, latest articles, best fiction writing tips

1. Writing Fiction by Crawford Kilian Crawford Kilian is a published author of many books. As expected, he has excellent advice on every topic he chooses to write on. This site is highly recommended for all fiction writers. 2. Fiction Week...
Chosen

Posted on Wednesday September 23rd, 2009 at 05:19 am in novels, fiction writing, novel writing, my writings, chosen by shruti chandra gupta, liteary novel by shruti chandra gupta, shruti chandra gupta's novel

Chosen spans the lifetime of a woman who, at sixty-three, discovers that she wronged her mother all her life and thinks her guilty of her death. (As the work is in progress, I cannot disclose details.) Chosen is a literary novel, and will be close to...
The Rise of the Dawn

Posted on Wednesday September 23rd, 2009 at 05:02 am in novels, fiction writing, my writings, shruti chandra gupta's novel, literary fiction - novel, the rise of the dawn

The Rise of the Dawn tells the story of a young man who becomes a social handicap because of his need to avoid his past. His dead sister, tyrannical father and loving mother find a way to reach him; through dreams. After years of living in isolation,...