The Itchy Bitesized Series

Itchy Bitesized is a series of short posts about all sorts of writing issues, from inspiration and process to craft, technique and the realities of the writing life. Most include links to fuller discussions of the topic elsewhere on the Itch, and they are always free to all subscribers.

Itchy Bitesized 1: Three Things about First Drafts

Itchy Bitesized 2: Three Things about Semi-colons

Itchy Bitesized 3: Ten Unapologetic Ways to Ask to be Paid

Itchy Bitesized 4: Three Things About Synopses

Itchy Bitesized 5: Sixteen Things You Need to Become a Writer (and twelve things you don't)

Itchy Bitesized 6: Which Viewpoint Character Should You Be Using?

Itchy Bitesized 7: What You Need To Know About Comma Splices

Itchy Bitesized 8: Six Things About Second Novel Syndrome

Itchy Bitesized 9: Three Things About Filtering (a.k.a. HD for your writing)

Itchy Bitesized 10: Ten Reasons to Read Your Work Aloud

Itchy Bitesized 11: "Who says this?" Make Sure the Reader Knows Who's Talking.

Itchy Bitesized 12: Don't Pull Your Writing's Teeth

Itchy Bitesized 13: Artist's Dates Don't Have to be About Art

Itchy Bitesized 14: "Effect" vs "Affect"

Itchy Bitesized 15: Three Things About Point-of-View

Itchy Bitesized 16: Three Things About Saggy Middles

Itchy Bitesized 17: Writing Course or Festival Finished? What Now?

Itchy Bitesized 18: Three Things About Chapter-Breaks

Itchy Bitesized 19: How Not to Commit Writerly Adultery

Itchy Bitesized 20: Make it to the NaNoWriMo Finish Line

Itchy Bitesized 21: Three Thoughts About "Breaking the Fourth Wall"

Itchy Bitesized 22: Five Steps for Working With Feedback

Itchy Bitesized 23: Six Thoughts About Choosing Your Book's Title

Itchy Bitesized 24: Five Thoughts About Thinking in Acts

Itchy Bitesized 25: Beware of Hidden Metaphors

Itchy Bitesized 26: What You Need to Know About Commas

Itchy Bitesized 27: Three Things About Your Writer’s Notebook

Itchy Bitesized 28: Starting a sentence with ‘But’ or ‘And’

Itchy Bitesized 29: Six Thoughts about Psychic Distance

Itchy Bitesized 30: How to Perform an Explain-ectomy

Itchy Bitesized 31: Five Things About Presenting a Manuscript