Tag: writing-tips

  • We’re All Just a Drop in the Ocean

    by S. T. Finn (Shadowfax Author Series: Writers on Writing) The Catalyst Although I’ve written all sorts of stories over the years, I had never written a true survival story. I mean, ALL stories are survival stories in some way or another. Just getting through life is a remarkable achievement for most of us. But…

  • The Next Book Is Scary: A Fear of Writing

    by S. T. Finn (Shadowfax Author Series: Writers on Writing) After I wrote my first novel, I developed an irrational fear that I might never be able to write another book. When I finished my second novel, and then my third, I still kept worrying that I might not be able to write the NEXT…

  • Write Like a Wizard

    by Rowan Fynn (Writers on Writing: Shadowfax Writing Tips) We all know and love that incredible feeling of reading a great book. Especially those moments when we suddenly realize we’ve been sitting in a chair, at a bookstore, on a bus, reading for hours. We forgot where we were or weren’t even aware we had…

  • What Should You Write?

    (Part of the Shadowfax Author Series: Writers on Writing) by S. T. Finn We’ve all heard the adage: “Write what you know.” Many people take that advice literally, but it also works for stories that take place in other realms or galaxies far, far away—as long as you’ve done thorough world-building and you know your…