Three Common Mistakes Made by Newer Writers

(Also this morning, I have a post on the mindset of revision – including an excerpt from my new book – over at The Kill Zone.  Please return here, though, for a refreshing guest post from a passionate young writer.) I receive frequent requests from writers who want to post here on Storyfix.com.  That’s a […]

Coping With Trolls and the Irretrievably Lost… but Thankful for You

I’ve had a bit of a tough week.  If I wasn’t the type who wants to please everyone, then the source of my temporary anxiety (a close cousin to temporary insanity, from which all sorts of bad things emerge), could be trivialized… but that’s me. So here I sit, vacillating between two extremes. Part of […]

The Finest Digital Tools that Turn You Into a Better Writer

A guest post by Robert Morris The scariest thing about being a writer is that no matter how good you are, you can always become better. There is no limit to your capacity to produce extraordinary work that your readers would love. However, there is a certain appeal to the overwhelming challenge of becoming better: […]

The Martian… Deconstructed

Two days ago I wrote about the phenomenon called The Martian, a 2009 self-published novel that against all odds found an agent and became a New York Times bestseller, and then was made into the current hit movie (and Oscar contender in several categories) by the same name, starring Matt Damon.  The backstory of how […]

Story Structure and the Self-Published Home Run

Andy Weir is a self-confessed geek.  He is also the author of the bestseller, The Martian, the film adaptation of which is in theaters right now. He was (the tense there is important) a computer programmer by day, a science fiction fan and aspiring author by night. Weir is a guy who sweats the details […]