writing craft – robin maderich – write-brained scribbler and crafter-on-the-loose

Word Count… Really?

I know. Why should there be limitations on how many words are used to tell a particular story? Truly, there aren’t. It’s your story, after all, so you can go on and on and on and on—and on, as long as it serves your tale, right? Well, yes and no. Adhering to word count isn’tContinueContinue reading “Word Count… Really?”

Writing – Start at the Beginning

I don’t mean the above title in a literal sense. You don’t have to start creating a story at its beginning. In time, you’ll end up with a beginning (whether fiction or non-fiction, composition does require one), but when you first start out to put your story down on paper or a computer monitor orContinueContinue reading “Writing – Start at the Beginning”