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No Wasted Ink Writers Links

No Wasted Ink Writers Links

Happy Monday! It is time for another top ten writing craft articles from No Wasted Ink. Most of these are writing tip articles, but a few are marketing and formatting related. I hope you enjoy them!

7 Questions to Design a Better Arc of Change for Your Protagonist

Novel Revision Checklist

How to Promote Your Reader Magnet

Turning Your Indie Book into an Audiobook

Fantasy and Science Fiction as Invented History

8 Ways to Avoid Cardboard Characters (and Plot Contrivances While You’re At It)

A Perspective on Writing

Writing Rules: How & Why We Play ‘Follow the Reader’

Six Sloppy Character Arcs in Popular Stories

When Story Is Medicine

No Wasted Ink Writers Links

No Wasted Ink Writers Links

Welcome to another set of top ten writing craft links here on No Wasted Ink. These are articles that I personally found useful to me as a writer and poet and I share them here with you on this blog. I hope you find them as useful as I did.


ToFu For Novelists

The Fantastic Novels of Harlan Ellison

The Monster You Feed: Mental Health in Fiction

Proof reading on the Remarkable 2

Three Benefits to Speaking at Industry Conferences

Authors on Editors

6 Ways to Find Your Best Ideas Before You Start Writing

Writing Journals, Notebooks, and the Commonplace Book as Useful Tools for Book Writers

Tailoring a Writing Space to Suit Your Needs

The Fundamentals of Flashbacks

No Wasted Ink Writers Links

No Wasted Ink Writers Links

Happy Monday! Are you ready for more writing links from No Wasted Ink? This week I not only have great craft articles for you, but a few on the life of writers as well. I hope you enjoy them!


Finding Me: Towards Self-Actualization in Writing

Marketing Ethics: Selling Doesn’t Have to Be Sleazy (5 Real-World Examples)

10 Facts You May Not Know About Jane Austen and Her Novels

Trust the Magic

Create Your Own Writing Space at Home

Characters, Cultures, and Groups

The 6 Challenges of Writing a Second Novel

Narrative Perspectives, Which Will Serve Your Story Best?

Does My Protagonist Have to Solve the Problem?

What is Rhythmic Writing?

No Wasted Ink Writers Links

No Wasted Ink Writers Links

Happy Monday! It is time for the No Wasted Ink Top-Ten writing links! These are articles of use to the science fiction and fantasy author. I hope you enjoy them!


Elmer Bernstein at 100


Jack L. Chalker Young Writers’ Contest Winners


I Feel Funny: Humor Writing Tips for Novelists


The Importance of Putting Yourself into Your Scripts


On Launching Nonfiction Books for Writers


Five Secondary Character Arcs to Strengthen Your Cast


Get, or Keep, a Life


14 Tips for Dealing With the Passage of Time in a Story


Is It a Problem for a Disability to Be Integral to the Plot?


Foreshadowing: A Revision Skill to Love

No Wasted Ink Writers Links

No Wasted Ink Writers Links

Welcome to No Wasted Ink’s Writer Links. I have selected a top-ten of writing craft articles for the science fiction and fantasy author. This week features plenty of craft articles and a history lesson about one of the Big Three grandmasters of science fiction: Robert A. Heinlein. I hope you enjoy the articles!


How to Make Money as a Freelance Writer: 15 Writing Business Essentials

The challenges of writing a long series & Guardian of Monsters

What the Heinleins Told the 1950 Census

Romancing SFF: When Making the Connection Makes the Book

Revolutions and Why They Fail

Protesting through Poetry: Embrace Your Inner Poet-Activist!

6 Ways to Craft Spectacular Set-Piece Scenes

Fiction Filler: Bloated Writing Makes Readers Sick

One Quick Reason Readers Cheer For Unlikable Characters

It’s About Time: Backstory, Flashback, and Chronology