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A collection of useful writing guides, because I'm an idiot ;) Contains tips on using FictionPress, writing and reviewing. There's tons of genre specific advice, so check it out!

30 The Sane Writer's Guide To: Character Description by Black Cap A guide for all writers of fanfiction or original fiction. Focuses on character description, from identifying bland description to making the reader honestly see your characters. Part of the Sane Writer's Guide series.
Fiction: Essay, K+, English, Humor, words: 996, favs: 67, follows: 12, 7/12/2010
6 The Sane Writer's Guide To: Robots in Fiction by Black Cap A guide for all writers of fanfiction or original fiction. Focuses on robots in fiction, from mindless killing machines and mechanical love interests to the thought-provoking debate on what qualifies as human. Part of the Sane Writer's Guide series.
Fiction: General, T, English, Humor, words: 1k+, favs: 5, follows: 2, 2/18/2011
21 The Sane Writer's Guide To: Narration by Black Cap A guide for all writers of fanfiction or original fiction. Focuses on the various styles of narration, from first person to journal-format narration. Part of the Sane Writer's Guide series.
Fiction: Essay, K+, English, Humor, words: 1k+, favs: 24, follows: 5, 7/5/2010
27 Is Imitation the Sincerest Form of Flattery? by Katie-Maude A response to increasing number of plagiarized stories occurring on fictionpress. It is intended to inform the reader of some of the misconceptions regarding copyright infringement and plagiarism. Responses appreciated.
Fiction: Essay, K, English, words: 2k+, favs: 30, follows: 1, 6/7/2009
102 The Feng Shui of Review » by The Mumbling Sage An entire essay dedicated to that FictionPress staple, the review. Everyone who reviews gets a special treat!
Fiction: Essay, K, English, chapters: 2, words: 2k+, favs: 34, follows: 7, updated: 5/16/2007 published: 2/15/2007
2 How to Write a poem by jrsparkus this is a paper on how to write a poem duh, just read the title . got a B-
Fiction: Essay, K, English, words: 1k+, favs: 4, 10/27/2008
13A Beginner's Guide to Magic » by Tristan Alkai Magic is the key to the fantasy genre. Here are some notes, tips, and guidelines for most details that a fantasy author requires as he or she goes about this vital aspect of building the world as a real-seeming place.
Fiction: Essay, K, English, Fantasy, chapters: 6, words: 9k+, favs: 31, follows: 4, updated: 11/18/2012 published: 6/4/2009
16 Saving your babies by pacific.babe A hopefully useful guide to saving your stories from plagiarists ick. Learn how to protect your babies!
Fiction: Essay, K+, English, words: 760, favs: 12, follows: 1, 5/23/2009
13LeFire’s Basic Military FanFiction Writing Guide by LeFire A writing guide for authors new to the field of military fiction. Placed here from by request.
Fiction: Essay, K, English, words: 3k+, favs: 21, follows: 2, 6/24/2003
11The Brawler's Guide to Martial Arts » by pen112 In the Era of Jason Bourne and UFC, it's no longer acceptable to have spinning high kicks in your spy thrillers. Want to know about the various deadly techniques that can be used to turn your protagonist into a bone-breaking unarmed expert? Look no furthe
Fiction: Action, K, English, chapters: 3, words: 2k+, favs: 12, follows: 4, updated: 7/9/2008 published: 6/25/2008
21 A Very Fundamental Introduction to Publishing » by The Mumbling Sage Have a story, poem, or article you're thinking of publishing, or do you simply have a dream and no idea where to start? Here's the bedrock you can use to build the twenty-bedroom mansion or the house of cards your writing career turns out to be.
Fiction: Essay, K, English, chapters: 3, words: 10k+, favs: 29, follows: 3, updated: 7/2/2013 published: 5/22/2009
34The Things I Learned In Fiction Class » by C.M.F Wright Because I learned so many great things in Fiction Writing and it seemed like a waste not to share them. Rated for language and bad writing samples.
Fiction: Essay, T, English, Humor, chapters: 7, words: 3k+, favs: 64, follows: 21, updated: 5/10/2011 published: 5/28/2009
28 Dialog Tags and SecondBest Words by The Mumbling Sage Two issues I've seen frequently on the various writing sites I belong to. Some musings and advice.
Fiction: Essay, K, English, words: 922, favs: 21, follows: 1, 9/16/2008
45 How To Prevent Prejudgment of Your Story by The Old Sam Garrett Just another one of my essays, though this is more of a writing guide than anything. It's about how to start a story without running into overdone or unwanted elements.
Fiction: Essay, T, English, Humor, words: 2k+, favs: 45, follows: 1, 3/27/2008
30Description: The hows, whens, and whys » by The Mumbling Sage Some thoughts on description in fiction and how to handle it.
Fiction: Essay, K, English, chapters: 2, words: 3k+, favs: 34, follows: 1, updated: 6/17/2008 published: 5/16/2006
12 Good Prose by The Mumbling Sage Prose: Literally, anything written that is not poetry. The text, the words on the page, the stuff the reader is actually reading. Here's what you need to make a reader want to read.
Fiction: Essay, K, English, words: 1k+, favs: 18, 6/22/2008
24Tips for Writing Useful Reviews by elisefey A barebones guide to writing an insightful and thorough critique.
Fiction: Essay, K, English, words: 961, favs: 25, follows: 3, 7/20/2006
32 Prose Mistakes that Amateurs Make by The Mumbling Sage Want to make your writing sound more professional? View the nitpicks within-and learn to avoid them!
Fiction: Essay, K, English, words: 2k+, favs: 50, follows: 1, 5/15/2008
65 Steps To Writing a Deceivingly Good Article » by papaya-mafia As an amatuer, I only have a little to offer in the steps of writing a good article, but if you are an amatuer as well . . . perhaps you will find them to be helpful. Inside are 5, painfully easy and simple steps on the how to's of writing a good article
Fiction: Essay, K+, English, Humor, chapters: 7, words: 2k+, favs: 6, follows: 2, 5/5/2007
22The Art of Conlanging » by Meldon Fantasy worlds demand one thing: new names, words, and even languages! This essay will introduce you to the art of constructing new languages conlanging
Fiction: Essay, K, English, Fantasy, chapters: 10, words: 5k+, favs: 26, follows: 8, updated: 3/7/2009 published: 8/27/2005
8 The Subtle Strife by The Mumbling Sage A discussion read: rant of subtlety and the lack thereof. I'd say more, but I don't want to clobber you over the head with it.
Fiction: Essay, K, English, Humor, words: 1k+, favs: 10, 9/21/2007
34 A Guide to Action Scenes by Heatless Flame This is a basic guide to writing an action scene, may it be actual pbattle, verbal, or anything such. This is NOT a full guide, and I suggest several others that can be found in my C2, Helpful Writing Guides.
Fiction: Essay, K+, English, words: 1k+, favs: 26, follows: 3, 10/6/2007
242Writing Speculative Fiction: A Nerd's Guide » by Jave Harron Tired of looking for scifi and seeing nothing new? He's my attempt to help speculative fiction writers, as well as even give the pros a few new ideas. Going strong for years! Now, we cover solarpunk, the optimistic, glowing new genre.
Fiction: Essay, K+, English, Sci-Fi & Humor, chapters: 51, words: 104k+, favs: 119, follows: 22, updated: 2/23/2022 published: 3/10/2004
211That Essay That Everyone Else Writes » by JJSLAM2129 Mary Sues, Cliches, Stupid Villans, Reviewers, Bad Logic and anything else I can think of that bugs me about today's stories. If something's bugging you, chances are you'll find it here. Now with Worldbuilding. Topic suggestions welcome! Reviews returned.
Fiction: Essay, K, English, Tragedy & Humor, chapters: 12, words: 16k+, favs: 115, follows: 53, updated: 9/16/2007 published: 10/5/2006
37 How to Write a Fictionpress Summary by The Mumbling Sage In this essay, I explain how a summary can draw the most attention with the most relevant and interesting information about your story. You can use up to 255 characters in your summary-make them count!
Fiction: Essay, K, English, words: 1k+, favs: 24, 3/29/2007
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