The Writer's Guide

The Writer's Guide

About the Substack

How-to guides and essays offering advice on the fundamentals and secret sauce of successful nonfiction writing for a general audience, plus Why it Works critiques of well-crafted stories.

Free Subscription Benefits

• A monthly how-to writing guide plus occasional Why it Works analyses of well-crafted stories

Paid Subcription Benefits

• Additional how-to writing guides and essays
• Free copy of my PDF booklet, Practical Writing Tips
• Full access to all archived posts and the warm fuzzy feeling of helping me help you and other writers grow

Paid Subscription Plans

• $5 a month
• $50 a year

About Robert Roy Britt

Health and science journalist, former editor-in-chief of Live Science and Space.com, and author of Make Sleep Your Superpower along with multiple works of fiction.