Sunayna Prasad

With research, you look for more than just the craft rules. Those include the setting your story takes place, the laws of that society,...

Sometimes, less is more with writing. If you write regularly and have studied the craft for years, you may have heard the term, “kill...

Who doesn’t love music, regardless of genre, mood, and everything else? I like to play it when I do chores, sometimes drive (only when I...

If you’re a writer, or even a student, you should know what foreshadowing is. It is when clues are given in a story, visual or written,...

I am finding that when I handwrite my prose words first, they come out better on the computer. But at some point, I have been handwriting...

You’ve probably heard this from many authors: base your characters off people you know. A lot of writers do that, including big ones like...

Everyone who writes needs to revise sooner or later. Well, actually—it would be better if he or she waited until the draft was at the...

I know—you’re eager to finish your story or whatever else you’re working on ASAP. I get it. Many writers probably dream of having a good...

In 2009, I returned to writing fiction after a while of not being interested. However, unlike now, I hadn’t studied the writing craft. I...

If you publish the commercial route, a copywriter in the publishing house writes the blurb for your book—that is, if your manuscript gets...

I have been honing and practicing my writing skills for nearly a decade. Along the way, I’ve had to spend money on editing, cover design,...

My handwriting has always been sloppy. I have also written big and not very quickly. Sometimes, in school, I fell behind in handwriting...

As a writer, I have to follow creative writing rules and standards in order to please readers. As much as I’m okay with most of the craft...

While pretty much everything has been done before, some ideas are too overdone, according to the general public. Some of those include...