Hi there! We just published a post that I thought would be a great resource for the copyright section of your resources. It’s called How To Copyright A Book and it’s a comprehensive guide we spent 3 months researching. Here’s the post: blog(.)reedsy(.)com/how-to-copyright-a-book. Inside it, there’s a pretty cool flowchart infographic that takes authors straight through the copyright registration process :) Hope you like it!

: This looks like a great resource! Thanks for sending it our way! 🙂 Check it out, WQA community! https://blog.reedsy.com/how-to-copyright-a-book ———————————————————————————–Have a writing question? I’d love to hear from you! Prohibited topics: portrayal of diverse characters, emotions, specialist knowledge questions… Read moreHi there! We just published a post that I thought would be a great resource for the copyright section of your resources. It’s called How To Copyright A Book and it’s a comprehensive guide we spent 3 months researching. Here’s the post: blog(.)reedsy(.)com/how-to-copyright-a-book. Inside it, there’s a pretty cool flowchart infographic that takes authors straight through the copyright registration process 🙂 Hope you like it!

writing-questions-answered: Anonymous asked: i want my first person narrator (who is also my mc) to have a distinctly humorous, joking, oral storyteller type voice. the way i tend to portray this involves sarcasm. however, being optimistic and happy is a… Read more

writing-questions-answered: Anonymous asked: i want my first person narrator (who is also my mc) to have a distinctly humorous, joking, oral storyteller type voice. the way i tend to portray this involves sarcasm. however, being optimistic and happy is a… Read more

Diversity in International Fiction

writing-questions-answered: I got a really long (seven parts) ask from a university student in an undisclosed location, but one in which there is apparently very little racial diversity. I’m not going to post the whole thing here, but suffice it… Read moreDiversity in International Fiction

Diversity in International Fiction

writing-questions-answered: I got a really long (seven parts) ask from a university student in an undisclosed location, but one in which there is apparently very little racial diversity. I’m not going to post the whole thing here, but suffice it… Read moreDiversity in International Fiction

Advice: Translating Foreign Language for the Reader

writing-questions-answered: Anonymous asked: Do you have any resources for using minimal foreign language within dialogue and translating it for readers? Translation in fiction shouldn’t rely on end notes, footnotes, or brackets, which disrupt the flow and pull readers out of the… Read moreAdvice: Translating Foreign Language for the Reader

Advice: Translating Foreign Language for the Reader

writing-questions-answered: Anonymous asked: Do you have any resources for using minimal foreign language within dialogue and translating it for readers? Translation in fiction shouldn’t rely on end notes, footnotes, or brackets, which disrupt the flow and pull readers out of the… Read moreAdvice: Translating Foreign Language for the Reader

writing-questions-answered:  Anonymous asked: How do you go about writing best friends who turn to worst enemies? One of them even goes as far as selling her former friend to the antagonist. You just have to illustrate that one betrayed the… Read more

writing-questions-answered:  Anonymous asked: How do you go about writing best friends who turn to worst enemies? One of them even goes as far as selling her former friend to the antagonist. You just have to illustrate that one betrayed the… Read more

Advice: Fixing a Boring Scene

writing-questions-answered: Anonymous asked: so I’m writing a story right? but I can’t get past the first couple of paragraphs because it’s just *so* boring. Like, I have my scene perfectly laid out in my head but as I’m putting it… Read moreAdvice: Fixing a Boring Scene

Advice: Fixing a Boring Scene

writing-questions-answered: Anonymous asked: so I’m writing a story right? but I can’t get past the first couple of paragraphs because it’s just *so* boring. Like, I have my scene perfectly laid out in my head but as I’m putting it… Read moreAdvice: Fixing a Boring Scene

Romance: You Still Need a Plot

writing-questions-answered: Anonymous asked: Hello! I have a problem when writing romance stories. I can’t seem to develop my characters so they realize they love each other because I feel as if I should rush their love to make the story… Read moreRomance: You Still Need a Plot

Romance: You Still Need a Plot

writing-questions-answered: Anonymous asked: Hello! I have a problem when writing romance stories. I can’t seem to develop my characters so they realize they love each other because I feel as if I should rush their love to make the story… Read moreRomance: You Still Need a Plot

Grammar & Style: Overusing Names in Narrative

writing-questions-answered: i-think-you-re-sexy-so-i asked: Hi there! I just want to get it out there first that your blog is currently my bible, helping me getting through my novel. The story I’m currently working on is in third person, and focuses a lot… Read moreGrammar & Style: Overusing Names in Narrative

Grammar & Style: Overusing Names in Narrative

writing-questions-answered: i-think-you-re-sexy-so-i asked: Hi there! I just want to get it out there first that your blog is currently my bible, helping me getting through my novel. The story I’m currently working on is in third person, and focuses a lot… Read moreGrammar & Style: Overusing Names in Narrative

Resources: Master List of WQA Posts

writing-questions-answered: Beginning a Story:New to WritingAdvice for Teen WritersGetting Better at WritingHow to Perfect Your WritingCreating the Perfect Writing SpaceFinding the Time to WriteBeginning a NovelFiguring Out a PlotHow to Give Your Story a PurposeBuilding a Story Off a Loose… Read moreResources: Master List of WQA Posts

Resources: Master List of WQA Posts

writing-questions-answered: Beginning a Story:New to WritingAdvice for Teen WritersGetting Better at WritingHow to Perfect Your WritingCreating the Perfect Writing SpaceFinding the Time to WriteBeginning a NovelFiguring Out a PlotHow to Give Your Story a PurposeBuilding a Story Off a Loose… Read moreResources: Master List of WQA Posts