Alexis Marie Chute is a an author, visual artist, curator, filmmaker, and public speaker based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. She's the author of a YA fantasy series and a memoir about grief, healing and pregnancy after loss.Continue Reading
A book synopsis is a summary of your book and can be used to refine your story and interest agents and publishers. Here's how...Continue Reading
Giving yourself a timeline goal can help you make writing a priority and actually finish projects.Continue Reading
Great dialogue is hard to write, but it's a key part of any novel. Here are some tips on how to write great dialogue by thinking about who your characters are.Continue Reading
But I’ve found a tip that has really helped me with my writing. It's helped me with my blog and article writing and I'm planning on using it with my fiction writing too.Continue Reading
What's the difference between showing and telling in fiction? It's the difference between experiencing something and just hearing about it.Continue Reading
These days, people skim read. If they get to your website and see big blocks of text, they aren't likely to stay very long. Here's are four tips to make your web writing easier for your readers to read. Continue Reading
Please, please, please proofread your writing. Whether it's your company website or your novel, not proofreading causes readers and potential customers to not trust you.Continue Reading
Last year, when I did NaNoWriMo. It was a crazy busy month. But...somehow, I made it through. I won NaNo on my first try. Somehow. While barrelling through that month, I learned a few things.Continue Reading
Essentially, the seven sentence story is a plotting exercise to help you get the framework of your story down. It's the main events of your story stripped of all the extra stuff that make something exciting to read. Then, once you have the seven sentences outlining your main events, you can fill in all the details and make a complete story, or even novel!Continue Reading