Time for April’s flash fiction roundup and craft chat. How long do you spend marinating on ideas before you get to drafting?

Have you ever had readers complain that your names were too difficult to remember (or they kept getting characters confused)? Here’s a trick to help them remember!

Do your dreams influence your writing? Check out March’s flash fiction roundup post and join the discussion in the comments.

Worldbuilder’s disease can come back to bite us even after we’ve written chapter one. Here’s how to avoid getting blocked later in the drafting process.

Join us for the February flash fiction prompt round up and a chat about deadlines.

If you have 10,000 years of planned history but no words on the page for your first draft, this post is for you.