Join Nina Munteanu in a Free Writing Webinar!
August 6, 2010 by Nina Munteanu
Filed under Fiction Writing, Premium Content, Publishing, Webinars, Workshops, Writing Coach, Writing Workshops
Join Nina Munteanu, acclaimed author and writing coach, for a FREE Webinar through Writer’s Digest University on how to improve your writing and succeed in getting published.
Nina joins journalist and editor Vernon Oikle on “Toolkit Talks“, a conversation in which Nina shares some of her best tips on how to get published. Nina answers some commonly asked questions provided by [...]
The Novelist: The Importance of Setting in Fiction Writing
June 20, 2010 by Nina Munteanu
Filed under Fiction Writing, Workshops, Writing Tips, Writing Workshops, the novelist
Setting provides an “emotional landscape” upon which a character’s own temperament may play counterpoint or may resonate in a wonderful symphony
—Nina Munteanu (The Fiction Writer)
In my online writing classes and workshops I cover several common pitfalls of beginning writers. One common pitfall is to forget the importance of setting in story. Think of Frodo in [...]
Tantalizing Titles
March 25, 2009 by Nina Munteanu
Filed under Fiction Writing, Writing Tips
Write a Story Title That Bites
Think of the title to your story as the ultimate headline. It’s the first thing an editor reads of your work. Titles are often used by one reader to describe the story to another reader. According to Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, author of The Crystal Rose, “titles can determine whether a [...]
