by davidhsafford | Mar 16, 2017 | News
I want you to meet Tim. Tim is a well-meaning, energetic writer – probably just like you. But (hopefully) unlike you, Tim writes stories that are deeply flawed. And he isn’t alone. A lot of amateur writers make the same mistake, and its killing their...
by davidhsafford | Feb 6, 2017 | Coaching, News
Readers quit reading for a lot of reasons. So why do they quit on you? Maybe they’re bored. Maybe they’re busy and lose interest. And maybe – dare I say it – they don’t like the story. Perhaps this has happened to you. You shared a story...
by davidhsafford | Jan 17, 2017 | News
Hey Writers! Great things are coming! 10 of them, in fact. My next (FREE!) book, The 10 Reasons Readers Quit Your Book (and How to Win Them Back) will arrive soon. How soon? Soon! That’s all I can tell you. Between judging for the Winter Writing Contest at Short...
by davidhsafford | Sep 14, 2016 | News
When I was a teacher, I always received work with no title. Why? “I hate titles! They’re too hard!” It’s true. So many writers struggle to come up with a strong, singular name to sum up their work. And in this post for LiveWriteThrive, I share...
by davidhsafford | Sep 13, 2016 | News
Nothing ruins a reader’s experience like a Story Hole. You know – those little breaks in a story’s logic and laws? And big stories, like novels, tend to have a lot of rules to keep straight! In this post for Writers Helping Writers, I share a tool...
by davidhsafford | Sep 12, 2016 | News
Exposition: The writer’s necessary evil. Yet a story needs it. Learn how to masterfully weave exposition into stories in this post I wrote for Elizabeth Spanning Craig. Check it out here!
