This is pretty cool. A bookstore in Savannah lets customers type poetry for posting on the walls. Off the wall at E. Shaver Books

"Journaling, as many of us know, can bring submerged ideas to light, reveal answers to problems, almost as if you're talking with a good friend or book therapist." -- Mary Carroll Moore …planwriteanddevelopabook.blogspot.com/2022/05/writin…

They don’t make libraries like this anymore. This is Baltimore’s “Cathedral of Books” AKA the George Peabody Library. Opened in 1878. Cool place.

This is the perfect way to show that Stephen King rocks on #NationalAuthorsDay

If you’re a fiction author, I hope u spend the next few years developing your fan community. AI fic is coming. If u think media companies won’t use it ad nauseam, you’re naïve. In 10 years, maybe even 5, if u don’t have readers who like YOU, the person, it’ll be hard to compete.

Did you know that Elizabeth S Craig's fabulous links on writing are on Facebook now, too? So, if you find yourself on Facebook more than Twitter you might want to check it out. facebook.com/WritersKB #writing #WritingCommunity

The links I shared last week: bit.ly/3ML6jG9 . All the links I've ever shared (68K+): writerskb.com The links are now also available on Facebook: facebook.com/WritersKB

Christopher Nolan doesn’t use detailed outlines. Instead, he “draws shapes and diagrams and other structural things.” Like this — the plot map Nolan used for Inception. Here’s a breakdown:

Interesting article at the intersection of games, AI, and writing: theguardian.com/games/2023/may… #writing #WritingCommunity

One of the biggest challenges in storytelling: Highlighting and exaggerating emotion. For the last 2 weeks, I’ve been editing the first draft of my book. This “Feelings Wheel” has been open in a tab the entire time: • 7 basic feelings • 43 mid-level feelings • 96 deep

Students at NYU asked the creators of South Park the million-dollar question: “What makes a good story?” They gave one of the best explanations of story I’ve heard: (a visual thread)

Sometimes you wonder why you put in the effort that writing demands. Then somebody writes something like “Fael is a master of building tension...” And you think what? They're talking about me? Keep going. The next thing you write could be your breakthrough.