by raynelacko.com raynelacko.com | May 15, 2014 | Best Writer Tips, Fiction Novel Writing, Guest posts, Short stories
Successful short fiction makes a big impact in as few words as possible. Every choice you make as an author needs to be deliberate, every character needs to act with purpose, and every word must pack a punch. When less is definitely more, focusing on certain details...
by raynelacko.com raynelacko.com | May 8, 2014 | Best Writer Tips, Your highest potential
If you’re a writer, chances are you spend hours crouched before your computer’s screen. It’s a potentially sedentary lifestyle, writing, but there are simple steps we writers can take to boost our health, creativity and sense of well-being. If we...
by raynelacko.com raynelacko.com | Apr 30, 2014 | Best Writer Tips, Fiction Novel Writing, Guest posts
Every time Dan Brown publishes a book, it quickly becomes the best-selling book of the year. In fact, Brown’s 2013 release of Inferno earned sales toppling both J.K. Rowling’s The Cuckoo’s Calling, and Veronica Roth’s enormously popular...
by raynelacko.com raynelacko.com | Apr 2, 2014 | Best Writer Tips, Fiction Novel Writing
Like me, you’ve probably toyed with some tried-and-true novel structures. I always end up bending them to my own will–trying to make things work in a way that’s convenient to me. I’ve kept my eye open for a foolproof recipe, because a...
by raynelacko.com raynelacko.com | Mar 27, 2014 | Uncategorized
If Disney movies have taught us anything, a parent (or both) must die for our protagonist’s story to begin. Perhaps it’s Disney’s influence, but the tragic loss of a parent is a popular theme in YA and many MG novels. If we’re honest with our...
