How other forms of writing benefit your fiction

Other creative endeavors can, of course, improve your fiction writing.

Two recent posts at Writer's Digest focused on this topic: specifically, the different types of writing that build a foundation for powerful novels.

In the case of Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström, years of travel writing strengthened her fiction.

For Diane Hanks, meanwhile, screenwriting serves as the perfect launching point for novels.

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