maggie-stiefvater:

For those who can’t make it to the Seven Sentences seminar but wish they could, here’s some of my writing advice that I’ve put online (and everything else I’ve written on writing is tagged as how-i-write on Tumblr):

Writing Characters That Are Not You

Why I Don’t Use Character Profiles

How Metaphors and Figurative Language Help Convey Emotion

Fleshing Out Characters By, Like, Using Real Flesh

How Salient Noise Helps a Novel Feel Real

Creating Creepy Atmosphere

The Disposability of Ideas

Time Management

Finding a Critique Partner