For fiction writers, the revision process can involve several categories or methods, but most writers refer to the process of setting the work aside for at least a day or two and then coming back to your work with fresh eyes. When you reread your own work, remember what your peers wrote and how they […]

In this short video, Katey Schultz discusses what she calls the “five s’s” essential to flash fiction. She also talks about reading aloud and editing to find the five “s’s.”  

This video by TedEd and the fiction writer Nalo Hopkinson discusses the importance of detail in fiction writing. It is language and detail that helps a writer cast the necessary spell to keep the reader close. Unlike film and theater–two other story telling forms–which pull the reader in through a variety of sensory means, fiction […]