Author Life
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There is no writer or author out there that can honestly tell you that they haven’t compared their writing to other writers. Whether it was a favorite author, a friend, a blogger, a newsletter, an article they read, a book, no matter where they found a piece of literature that they enjoyed, every one
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Every author in this world is different. From their styles to their genres, right down to their voices, and there can be no denying that those voices will change over time. Some become more seasoned, some spread among the vast reaches of the genres and possibilities until they have touched every one of them, and
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If there is one thing every author can agree with, it’s that there are no two words worse than this: writer’s block.
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This week’s article is going to be a little different from the first few in the way that it is less about writing advice and more about the psyche of characters. Something that was brought up in several of my classes during college was the significance of characters in the story. Not only in the
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Being a writer and author comes with its own set of hardships, but the one hardship that often gets overlooked is the anxiety that can come from writing a book, especially that first one. Writing Frosty Nights, my first full-length novel, came with fears I had no idea I would have. Suddenly, I found
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Most writers go into writing a book with a basic understanding of what each layer of writing entails: an outline, a rough draft, a revised draft, and the final draft. Often, we as writers want that first draft to be absolutely perfect, ready to publish with grammar, spelling, format, structure, detail, and continuity on
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Most writers that come up to me will ask me where my inspiration comes from, and many assume I have a sure fire way to find it, some big secret on how to discover their next story. But the truth of it is, as is so often stated by many artists, that inspiration can
Amanda T. Fox 