For the class of 2020… An envelope arrives from the University of Toronto. “It’s a big one!” my mom says. I run up the stairs to open the package. “Oh, it’s just my certificate of graduation,” I say, disappointed. Not a pa...
Hi Shadro I’m one of the forum moderators, and I want to welcome you to the forum. I’ve been waiting to do the formal welcome, because I was hoping we could get a section set up specifically for writing stories for gaming. You’...
With school ending and the global pandemic in full effect, it’s getting extremely hard to stay focused. This simple and easy-to-implement system will take you less than 15 minutes and help you get more done, be more productive, and lessen...
Writers Forum President and Queen Laura Hernandez submitted a short piece on supporting the protests in the middle of COVID-19 on the day the one demonstration was to assemble in the Kohl’s parking lot. Before I could get it posted, t...
I am a blogger writing his first novel. It is a fictional novel focusing on the dormant trauma in young British men raised in Church of England education and the unacknowledged loss of faith going unchecked. However, on my blog, which is ve...
Today we have another entry received for the Writers Forum 2020 Short Story Contest. Since the contest judges are supposed to be judging the entries without knowing who wrote them, the author’s names will be withheld until after the w...
What would you pick?I spend my weeks making writing help videos and writing articles to help others who are where I’ve been. I usually just peruse the forum to see what people are struggling with and take an educated stab in the dark....
In part 2 of this 1931 article about mystery story techniques, George Dyer offers his suggestions for how to drop hints about who the real criminal of the story is. Read part 1 of the article Murder for Profit: Mystery Story Techniques here...
In part 1 of this April 1931 WD article, George Dyer shares mystery story techniques that will ensure your readers will be left satisfied, not disappointed. By George Dyer Writer’s Digest, April 1931 Writing a mystery story is like playin...
Author J.R.H. Lawless shares how he landed his literary agent, Marisa Corvisiero of the Corvisiero Literary Agency, while getting his novel, Always Greener, published. My path to representation by the amazing Marisa Corvisiero of the Corvis...