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by James Scott Bell In a 1948 booklet, Pulp Fiction, Robert Turner gave straight-dope advice on what it took to break into the pulp market. In one section he explains what happens...
by James Scott Bell @jamesscottbell In the golden age of the pulps there was a writer named Jack Woodford, who also wrote how-to books for writers. What’s refreshing about these is...
by James Scott Bell @jamesscottbell There’s a legendary diner near my house called Bobby’s Coffee Shop. It’s been here since 1949, when Robert “Bobby” Perkins, a U.S. Navy veteran...
by James Scott Bell When I was 8, I asked my mom to buy me some tights. Green tights. No, I wasn’t looking to get into ballet or pose for a Jolly Green Giant ad as little Niblet. I...
by James Scott Bell @jamesscottbell Sheesh! With over 4,000,000 books (mostly indie) published last year, how the ever-loving heckfire does an author hope to get noticed, let alone...
by James Scott Bell @jamesscottbell I saw her for the first time on the playground. The sun was shining, and her hair, so blonde it was almost white, glistened in the light. She tu...
Have you ever lost your writing mojo? Have you been blocked, overwhelmed by self-doubt, or felt your motivation to write vanish? If so, today’s Words of Wisdom has you covered with...
by James Scott Bell @jamesscottbell Memorial Day Weekend. Across this land of ours, barbecues will be firing, grill masters will be grilling, hot dogs and hamburgers will be sizzli...
by James Scott Bell @jamesscottbell A couple of items from the trad side of the business. Book Sales Down From Publishers Weekly: Unit sales of print books had a slow start in 2026...
“Writing is a full-time job, it really is, and you never really take a vacation from it. I could go through a whole day and show you how every conscious moment—and the unconscious...
You are pro wrestler known as “The Writer.” What song would you choose as your entry music?
by James Scott Bell BookBub Introduces New in Kindle Unlimited Deals If you have books in Kindle Unlimited (KU), BookBub has added a promo called New in Kindle Unlimited. The bene...
The challenge is not to write truth, but to write seductive believability. – Stephen J. Cannell
Risk. Your characters have to risk in order to get what they want. Perhaps everything. Writers need to risk failure when they write the next story or book, and when they attempt to...
“You get what you dare, baby, and if you want big, you dare big.” – Leonard Bishop, Dare to Be a Great Writer
“There’s a great story I heard the other day that I’ll rip off. I guess it’s a classic Japanese story about a tea ceremony expert who got…Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
Last Saturday I was a panelist at Symposium, a very small writing-focused science fiction event held in my neck of the proverbial woods. The guest of honor was a local writer, Stev...
This morning I stared at the cursor blinking on my computer screen as I worked on my current manuscript. I’m at the point where that little voice is yelling, “What makes you think...
“It’s the whole getting started thing for me. I forget how to write a book. The first ten thousand words are like digging fossils from rocks.” – J. T. Ellison
By Jennifer Graeser Dornbush If you’re looking for tips on how to craft the perfect red herring or outline your Act III climax… this isn’t that post. This one’s for the working wri...
START WITH CHARACTERS: “The plot is just the vehicle by which the characters are revealed. You create a bunch of characters and let them…Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
“Every scene should be able to answer three questions: “Who wants what from whom? What happens if they don’t get it? Why now?”Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
I’m celebrating the blog’s 18th birthday by shining a spotlight on some of the site’s many resources for screenwriters.Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
Writers are like magicians: our sleight of hand is our ideas, and our reveal is the craft needed to keep readers turning the pages. A book really is a long magic trick, one that ma...
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