Questions 200: What Happens When Your Story Doesn’t Work?
Subscribe Here! Ed asks: “What happens when your story doesn’t work?”
Questions 199: What Makes a Co-Author?
Subscribe Here! Caine asks: “How do you credit collaborators? When is someone a co-author?”
Questions 198: Staff Notation for Fiction
Subscribe Here! Dan asks: “What’s the deal with semicolons and em-dashes?”
Questions 197: Narrative Technique Terminology
Subscribe Here! Cain asks: “What do you call it when a scene starts in the middle of the action, and backfilling happens along the way?”
Questions 196: What Are Standard Short Story Terms?
Subscribe Here! JR asks: “What are the standard terms of a short story publication contract?” Check out JR’s new releases here Books mentioned: The Copyright Handbook by Stephen Fishman
Questions 195: My Family Won’t Let Me Write!!!
Subscribe Here! Alex says: “How can I get my family to let me alone during my writing time?”
Questions 194: Cell Phone and Longhand Writing
Subscribe Here! Dan asks: “Do you, or anyone you know, write longhand? How about on cell phones?”
Questions 192: Increasing Story Length
Subscribe Here! Caine asks: “What are the dos and don’ts of increasing the length of a story?” Books referenced: The Bodies In The Basement by J. Daniel Sawyer
Questions 193: Anthology Caveats
Subscribe Here! JR asks: “If I write a story for an anthology, can I still publish it myself?”
Questions 191: Change Tracking As You Go
Subscribe Here! Robert asks: “How do you keep track of changes you want to make later?”