“Chuck Wendig’s Confessions of a Freelance Penmonkey is full of the kind of writing advice I wish I’d gotten in school. Practical, brutally honest, and done with the kind of humor that will make it stick in your brain. Whether you’re a veteran writer or new to the craft, you’ll find something useful in here. Plus he says ‘fuck’ a lot, so, you know, there’s that.” – Stephen Blackmoore, author of Dead Things 500 Ways To Write Harder aims to deliver a volley of micro-burst idea bombs and advisory missiles straight to your frontal penmonkey cortex. Want to learn more about writing, storytelling, publishing, and living the creative life? This book contains a high-voltage dose of information about outlining, plot twists, writer’s block, antagonists, writing conferences, self-publishing, and more. All this, straight from the sticky blog pages of terribleminds.com, one of the 101 Best Websites for Writers (as named by Writer’s Digest). This book contains the following chapters: 25 Bad Writer Behaviors 25 Hard Truths About Writing & Publishing 25 Steps To Becoming A Self-Published Author 25 Steps To Edit The Unmerciful Suck Out Of Your Story 25 Things To Do Before You Start Your Novel 25 Things You Should Know About Antagonists 25 Things You Should Know About Conventions & Conferences 25 Things You Should Know About Metaphor 25 Things You Should Know About Narrative Point-of-View 25 Things You Should Know About Outlining 25 Things You Should Know About Worldbuilding 25 Things You Should Know About Young Adult Fiction 25 Things Writers Should Beware 25 Things Writers Should Know About Traveling 25 Turns, Pivots and Twists To Complicate Your Story 25 Ways To Be A Happy Writer 25 Ways To Get Your Authorial Groove Back 25 Ways To Survive As A Creative Person 25 Ways To Unstick A Stuck Story 25 Writer Resolutions Appendix: 50 Rantypants Snidbits Of Writing And Storytelling Advice