How to Write a Romance Novel Series – #1 Romance Steam Levels
Welcome to Vanilla Grass’s romance How to Write a Romance Series! This week’s focus? Understanding Romance Steam Levels. Kyro Dean is author of the fantasy…
Quick Writing Tips (#11 – Don’t Start With Backstory)
“Don’t start with backstory! Your readers will lose interest before you’ve even begun,” is arguably the most common feedback I hear for first chapters. And…
How to Knock Your 1st Editor Phone Call Out of the Park (7 Questions + Quick, Helpful Tips)
The first call with your editor doesn’t need to be stressful. Debut author, Heather Clark, gives her experience and some tips on how to knock it out of the park.
Quick Writing Tips for Writers (#10 – Vary Sentence Length)
Quick Writing Tip For Writers: The best writers understand flow. What I mean is, their prose follow a natural cadence that favors both long and…
Need a Writing Boost? 5 Spring Cleaning Tips for Writers!
Need a writing boost? Great! Because it’s that time of year again! Spring Cleaning! But what does spring cleaning for writers mean exactly? The same…
Quick Writing Tips For Writers (#9 – Make Analogies Relevant)
We’ve all read a story that just feels right. You start scanning the words and something about them flows so well that you feel weightless,…
3 Questions Writers Need to Ask When They Don’t Know What’s Going to Happen Next
Ever find yourself stuck in the book you’re writing and not knowing what’s going to happen next? Some call this writer’s block. Others call it…
Quick Writing Tips (#8 – Watch Your Adjectives)
Improve Writing through proper adjective use Thanks for joining us today for Tips to Improve Writing (#8 – Watch your Adjectives). You may be wondering…
How to Be Specific in Your Writing: 2 Reasons Why + Examples
You know how sometimes people write stuff and it just doesn’t really, you know, sit right? There’s just something off, unquantifiable but everpresent? Perhaps it’s…
Quick Writing Tips (#7 – Tighten Sentences)
If you’ve landed here at Vanilla Grass for the first time, this post is part of a bi-weekly series, and this week’s Tips to Improve Writing…