Flash Fiction: 6 Writing Tips

Flash Fiction: 6 Writing Tips
‘Flash Fiction’, (sometimes referred to as a short-short story), doesn’t have a set definition, but is generally considered to be a piece of fiction consisting of a thousand words or less. Certain publications of this medium are even more conservative with the word count, hugging closer to the five-hundred word mark. The word count may...

How Fiction Writing is Like Fantasy Football

How Fiction Writing is Like Fantasy Football
Hear me out on this.             With the NFL in full swing, I, along with millions of others around the world, have plunged into the uncertain waters of fantasy football. For those not familiar with this “sport”, fantasy football is a competition in which participants draft “teams” from among the players in the NFL and...

Guest Post: 5 Steps to Improve Your Writing by Audrey Bodine

Guest Post: 5 Steps to Improve Your Writing by Audrey Bodine
Voltampsreactive is happy to welcome Audrey Bodine as today’s guest writer. Audrey is an aspiring writer who’s work can be found on her own blog, audreybodineauthor.wordpress.com. Five Steps to Improve Your Writing   Reading Whether it’s a pamphlet for self-tying shoes or the latest biography on the market, reading is an invaluable resource for writers....

What You Can Learn About Writing from Cheesy Movies

What You Can Learn About Writing from Cheesy Movies
     Sometimes to figure out how to write correctly, you must see what it’s like to write incorrectly. When it comes to learning what not to do, there is no better example than your run-of-the-mill cheesy movie.      When you hear the word ‘cheesy’ in reference to a film, there are certain concepts...