If you’ve never formatted a book before, you might not know exactly how much work goes into it. It might seem easy and uniform—it just needs to look like a book, right?—but you’d be surprised just how many decisions you’ll need to make if you’re formatting on your own. Among the most important of these […]
How to Add Text to a Picture (Easy Guide for Authors)
If you’re a self-published author, you may already know that writing is only one part of the gig. There’s a conception that writers don’t need to have any technical no-how—after all, people have been writing novels long before the invention of the computer, right? However, there are a ton of tech-based skills that can help […]
What Is Purple Prose? A Guide for Writers
When I say ‘purple prose,’ what springs to mind? Probably dense, complicated chunks of classic books you were forced to read in high school, or maybe Twitter screenshots of embarrassing novels laden with straining metaphors. If anything, you probably know that it’s ‘bad,’ and that we’re supposed to not do it. But what is it, […]
Hero’s Journey Examples From Beloved Stories
Ah, the hero’s journey. It’s a tried-and-true storytelling structure that makes up the bones of our favorite movies, books, and TV shows. You may not even know it, but most of your favorite stories probably follow the hero’s journey. If you’re an author, you’re probably also familiar with using the hero’s journey to outline. A […]
