http://www.davidfarland.netOfficial RSS Feed For DavidFarland and DavidFarland.neten-ushttp://www.davidfarland.net/writing_tips/?a=219Most of you know that my son Ben had a longboarding accident recently and suffered a traumatic brain injury. I’m sitting in the hospital as I write this.Mon, 20 May 2013 08:23 MSThttp://www.davidfarland.net/writing_tips/?a=218Shakespeare once said “The play is the thing.” I think that he understood that playing with words, with ideas, with characters in opposition—brainstorming as he wrote—that was the key to writing well.Fri, 17 May 2013 08:48 MSThttp://www.davidfarland.net/writing_tips/?a=217You need to move into your fictive world slowly.Mon, 13 May 2013 08:35 MSThttp://www.davidfarland.net/writing_tips/?a=216Today I'm going to look at how one “gets into his or her writing zone,”Tue, 07 May 2013 11:24 MSThttp://www.davidfarland.net/writing_tips/?a=215Here are some ideas to help you increase your ability to write and to brainstorm.Fri, 03 May 2013 08:33 MSThttp://www.davidfarland.net/writing_tips/?a=214In my posts, I prefer to concentrate on storytelling, rather than talking about the art of creating powerful prose or talk much about the business side of writing, but today I’m going to make an exception.Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:05 MSThttp://www.davidfarland.net/writing_tips/?a=213Stories aren't about characters so much as they are about growth. In other words, your characters will change and grow throughout a novel.Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:51 MSThttp://www.davidfarland.net/writing_tips/?a=212I always approach my work with great expectations. Those expectations change from piece to piece.Mon, 22 Apr 2013 07:50 MSThttp://www.davidfarland.net/journal/?a=211A silent auction has been set up to help David Farland's son, Ben Wolverton, who was in a tragic accident. We are auctioning off five spaces for David's Writing for Young Adult workshop.Fri, 19 Apr 2013 07:46 MSThttp://www.davidfarland.net/writing_tips/?a=210When you’re writing a tale, it almost always turns out better if you get deep into the head of your protagonist and tell the story from that person’s point of view.Thu, 18 Apr 2013 07:31 MST