The creative writing blog

Alice Kuipers

Do you dream of writing a book about your life? Writing about your life brings myriad challenges. Alice Carrière, the bestselling and award-winning author of Everything/Nothing/Someone, offers insights from her experience writing a memoir, and writing coach Alice Kuipers gives you 5 tips to get you started.

Melanie Conklin

What is rising action, and how do you use it to create a page-turning story? The Novelry defines rising action and demonstrates how to use Freytag’s Pyramid as the story structure for your novel.

Elsa Doig

Binge-watched every season of Bridgerton so far? Get your Regency romance fix with five secrets from Julia Quinn, author of the Bridgerton series, shared during a live writing class with The Novelry.

L.R. Lam

What are character archetypes? We explore Carl Jung’s major archetypes and how you can use them to write and develop your novel’s characters.

Emylia Hall

Emylia Hall, bestselling author of the Shell House Detectives series, shares five insightful tips on writing a gripping detective novel series.

Mahsuda Snaith

In a writing slog, or just looking for a creative boost? Try one of these creative writing prompts provided by author Mahsuda Snaith to get you in the zone!

Melanie Conklin

Discover how plot diagrams can fast-track the plotting and planning of your novel to finish your novel faster.

Amanda Reynolds

Foreshadowing is one of the greatest skills a writer can hone. What is it, and how does it work? Find the definition and famous examples of foreshadowing in this article from The Novelry.

Bea Fitzgerald

The Novelry’s Bea Fitzgerald compares the most popular writing software, including Scrivener, Dabble and Plottr, to help you choose the perfect software for your writing needs.

Libby Page

What are character mannerisms and quirks, and how do you use them to bring your characters to life? Bestselling author Libby Page defines character mannerisms and quirks and demonstrates how to use them to bring depth to your characters and to your novel.

Elsa Doig

Are you writing a spicy romance? Here are 5 tips on writing convincing, intimate, and passion-packed romcoms from Talia Hibbert, the USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Brown Sisters series, the Ravenswood series, and the Young Adult novel Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute.

Libby Page

Rhetorical devices bring power to your sentences to supercharge your storytelling. Plunder our list here and discover how to make your writing work harder for readers.