Editing Archives - Ben Wolf

4 Ways to Find Your Writing Motivation

by Ben Wolf | Dec 9, 2020 | Editing, Speculative Fiction, Storytelling, Strategery, Writing

You’re sitting in the chair, staring at your empty screen. The cursor keeps flashing, alternating between taunting and beckoning you to write. But your brain is empty. This day has left you torched, ragged, and perhaps even a little scarred. How are you supposed...

7 Ways Professional Writers Improve their Craft

by Ben Wolf | Oct 27, 2020 | Editing, Storytelling, Writing

I recently saw a Facebook post from a friend of mine stating/asking the following: “Artists work on art and show progress of how they have improved. How do writers enhance their craft?” I thought I’d whip it into a blog post and share it with all of...

10 Years of Publishing: By the Numbers

by Ben Wolf | Sep 22, 2019 | Editing, Money, Speculative Fiction, Storytelling, Writing

September 20th, 2019 marks the end of my 10th year in the world of professional publishing.As such, I thought it would be fun to do a “by the numbers” post to count up what all I’ve achieved, what has happened, and perhaps even what I’ve learned during that time.Hope...

Christian Authors and the “Good Enough” Fallacy

by Ben Wolf | Jun 17, 2019 | Editing, Money, Speculative Fiction, Storytelling, Strategery, Writing

A sickness has infected the Christian creative community, and it’s especially prevalent in Christian writing and publishing circles. I call it the “Good Enough” Fallacy. And it’s a fatal sickness. The “Good Enough” Fallacy, defined simply, is the theory that as...

I wrote 100,000 words in a month. Here are 6 things I did to make it happen.

by Ben Wolf | Mar 11, 2019 | Editing, Speculative Fiction, Storytelling, Strategery, Writing

The goal of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is to write 50,000 words in one month. I wrote double that in roughly the same amount of time. Over the course of 34 days, I wrote 105k words and wrote an epic fantasy novel from start to finish. 30k of those words...

4 Hard Truths about Christian Speculative Fiction

by Ben Wolf | Jun 14, 2018 | Editing, Money, Speculative Fiction, Storytelling, Strategery, Writing

Late last night I started a conversation with a friend of mine who also writes speculative fiction–specifically, he writes Christian spec fic. I used to classify myself and my writing using similar vernacular, but I have since changed my approach. My friend...