Every chapter should have at least three "beats". Each beat must be connected with either "therefore" or "but".
Category: writing
10 Kinds of Plot Twists
A plot twist works best when a lot of emotional investment is made by the time it happens.
Gobbledegook
A jumble of nonsense words can be cool. But it would be hell to edit.
Write Your Own Story
What sense is there to make the effort to write if you know that the novel will give you nothing but trouble ?
How to be a Teenage Author
The more you obsess over the age of your debut, the later your debut is going to be. So don't get stuck on the idea of getting published early.
Analyzing the Opening Line
If there is one part of the novel that is open to analytical dissection, it is the first few sentences.
Write What You Know
You should write what you know, but you are not writing your autobiography. You need to be flexible enough to introduce foreign elements and to tailor the story arc to fit the format of a novel.
The Blind Swordsman
Sometimes you just have to kill your darlings, even if he was initially meant to be your central character
Lit Lite
Multi-culturalism is not about bemoaning Eurocentric culture while you wait for foreign perspectives to be delivered to you in English.
A Solution for Female Writers
If the situation for female writers in America is so dire, why not come across the pond?
Samurai Novelist 