I'm going to share some pictures with you in this article. You need to study each pictures, ask 'what if' questions and come up with stories that could be written based on each photograph. Allow your imagination to take flight and explore all possibilities.

A fresh cup of coffee, cigarette burning, your laptop is open and its blank screen is staring back at you. We've all been there. You are ready to write, but nothing, not even one word, pops into your head.

When you read, the words should magically teleport you to another land, time, or universe filled with other people, animals, or creatures. You lose yourself in a fantasy world and live vicariously through someone, maybe even something, else.

Do you understand the definitions of hero, victim, survivor, and villain? When writing fiction, one needs to be aware of the differences between these terms.

The little old ladies in "Arsenic and Old Lace" used these three poisons together in their deadly elderberry wine. One gallon of their wine contained one teaspoon of arsenic, half a teaspoon of strychnine, and just a pinch of cyanide. If you drank a glass of this wine, imminent death was certain.

Halloween is the time when we think about scary things. What is out there that would scare a writer? If the thought of having one of the following phobias is bad, what if having one of them was more than a thought? What if you actually did have one of them? Would you still be able to write?

Mushrooms have been used in many murder mysteries as a weapon of death. Exactly what varieties of mushroom cause death? Can they be easily recognized? How easy would it be for someone to commit murder using mushrooms? In this article, we take a look at the Death Cap mushroom.

Did you know that according to the Anxiety Disorders Association, that one in 11 people at some time in their lives will suffer from some kind of phobia? Me? I am afraid to go on a cruise. The chances of sinking or being attacked by terrorists while on a cruise terrify me.

A redundant expression is an expression where each word in the expression means basically the same thing.

Redundant expressions can be found in books, in movies, in television shows, and in the everyday conversation of people. Unless it is the trait of one of your characters to speak using redundant expressions, these need to be done away with in your writing.