The Best Writing Advice Ever by Bill Hopkins
My guest today is Bill Hopkins, and he's given some great writing advice. Wish I'd started doing what he suggest in his first tip way back when I started writing my two series. Let me give you the best two pieces of writing advice I ever got. This advice is good for any kind of fiction. I don’t remember where I heard this and for that, I apologize. I do, however, know they work. Here’s the first: Whether you’re an outliner or write by the seat of your pants, write at the beginning of each chapter how many scenes are in the chapter. Then for each scene, insert what day in the novel you are at, where the scene takes place, who is in the scene, what happens in the scene, and which character’s point of view you are using. This helps you keep your timeline straight, your geography correct, your cast in line, and your action making sense. Another important thing is that this information stops you from stra...