For Writers by Hugh Howey

Tips for writers from Hugh Howey, as shared on his blog.

The Size of Things

**FEATURED BY WATTPAD** The oldest story of falling told in 401 words. Cover by @MissBookNut

Peter

Lucy has terrible parents. Mom smokes, Dad drinks, And neither of them care about Lucy at all. Eventually, Lucy runs away. Now she must face the biggest threat to her life alone and hopeless.

Mytro

Imagine if, right now, clattering underneath your feet was a secret train system that could take you anywhere in minutes. Imagine a trip full of mystery and excitement from New York to Barcelona to the wind-swept coast of Italy to the edge of space. Imagine dangerous strangers, amazing friends, and high adventure. Im...

Dollmaker

Four dead women - Alice, Rapunzel, Belle, and Ruby meet under strange, unfortunate circumstances and find themselves trapped in a place worse than hell. A place of insanity and terror... (Hello. I would really appreciate any votes, reads, comments or any feedback, really...as long as it's helpful. The story is mine, n...

70 Deadly Wattpad Sins (The Book Of Evil Advice!)

We all know exactly what we should be doing, in order to make it big on Wattpad... but what about the stuff we're not supposed to do? This book will cover 70 of Wattpad's darkest sins, the mistakes that can send a user's story down to Wattpad Hell faster than a click of the 'unfollow' button. If you have observed any...

The Man (Puppet Boy Prequel)

Everybody has a tale of how they came to be - some tell the journey to strength, some tell the journey to happiness. Some happen to involve cruelty and torture. This is the story of the crazy man obsessed with human puppetry. __________________ PUPPET BOY PREQUEL created Nov. 30, 2015. IMPORTANT NOTICE - if you'r...

A Writer's Desk Critiques - Closed

Welcome to 'A Writer's Desk Critiques' - a Wattpad based help desk offering constructive critiques for your stories. To decide whether or not you should request at 'A Writer's Desk Critiques', please acquaint yourself with our service, our critics, the kind of critiques they give and the feedback they've received fro...

Human Error

BOOK 1 // Human Error (COMPLETE) BOOK 2 // Human Instinct (IN PROGRESS) *NOW OPTIONED FOR A TV SHOW* "Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness engineered right into their DNA." - William Shakespeare, 1602 (adapted for BioPlus) Astrid Oxford is not normal. Two...

The One Without Words

"Go ahead," I said, backing up against the pink wall of the shop. "Do something other than glare at me." I waited. One, two, three seconds... and nothing. I raised my chin at him. "You're boring me, mute boy." He stepped closer. Leaned toward me as his gaze burned into mine. Then... ❀ ❀ ❀ After three months in juve...