Bring out your tabs

I tried my best with the post-a-day thing, but various things ate my brain over the past couple of weeks.

For example, I've been on Tumblr a lot lately. I blame work and the web development that I'm doing, as the pages I'm coding take forever to load. I managed to collect from here and there various sources about writing, and thought I'd link them here in the interests of closing some tabs.

7 Questions to Make Sure Your Plot Has Believable Consequences
"A great plot in your fiction novel must have believable consequences in the world you create there. Otherwise, your story falls off the deep end."

Beth Bernobich: Writing Advice, the Meta Post
"Think of this as meta advice: how to approach the advice you come across. Here goes…"

How to Battle Writer's Block
"First of all: you need to make sure that you’re really having a writer’s block. I get a sense that a lot of cases of “block” are misdiagnosed right out of the gate."

Writing Wednesday – Epithets
"It’s a short-hand. It’s also irritating as hell to read. I don’t need the overly flowery “chocolate-orbed boy” descriptor when his name, Jack, would suffice. "

5 Moral Dilemmas That Make Characters (& Stories) Better
"Readers can’t resist turning pages when characters are facing tough choices. Use these 5 keys to weave moral dilemmas into your stories—and watch your fiction climb to new heights."