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.
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
