5 Tips to Successfully Write with People Around
How to Successfully Write with People Around If you’re like us, you’ve sometimes felt like the picture above. You desperately want to get your book(s)…
What is NaNoWriMo? 3 Quick Tips to Write it, Win It, and Rock It!
Welcome writer! There are probably two reasons you’re here. Because you know what NaNoWriMo is and are ready to kick some word count butt! Or,…
Quick Tips to Improve Your Writing (#1 – Punctuation Abuse)
Are you ready to read the first tip in our Tips to Improve Your Writing Series? I hope so. But first, you should understand something….
First-Page Critique #109
First page critique
Villains: The #1 Way to Write a Dastardly Villain Your Readers Will Love to Hate
Ever read books with villains who left you deliciously unsettled by the end? Or have you ever watched a show and sat on your couch…
4 Corners Opposition Technique: How to Create Memorable Character Dynamics & a Powerful Theme For Your Book
The 4 Corners Opposition Technique can help writers create complex characters, meaningful character dynamics, and a solid theme in any novel.
First-Page Critique #108
Here at Vanilla Grass, we want writers to succeed and we’re willing to sacrifice our time to help improve literature by coaching one author at…
First Page Critique # 107 – Feedback From Contest-Winning Chapter.
Guest Post With Contest Winner Feedback! This week we have an awesome opportunity to see how judges critique first pages in contests. The critiques below…
Why You Need Alpha AND Beta Readers
Writers need Critiques Have you ever poured your heart and soul into a chapter or an entire manuscript and have someone rip it to shreds?…
First-Page Critique #106
Here at Vanilla Grass, we want writers to succeed and we’re willing to sacrifice our time to help improve literature by coaching one author at…