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2024 Black Friday Deals for Writers

November 17, 2024

2024 Black Friday Deals for Writers

November 17, 2024

It’s time for our favorite round-up: Black Friday Deals for Writers! We love finding ways to save you money because we all need to know how to stretch a dollar…

Four Things That Make Your Writing Boring (and how to fix them!)

November 12, 2024

Four Things That Make Your Writing Boring (and how to fix them!)

November 12, 2024

Why is it that some books get gobbled up by readers, and others don’t? It’s easy to get stuck in a revision cycle when you aren’t sure if a scene…

Writing a Novel, Scene by Scene

November 7, 2024

Writing a Novel, Scene by Scene

November 7, 2024

Writers come in a variety pack of processes. The most common types – regardless of genre – are pantsers, plotters, and plantsers. We know these terms well, right? Pantsers sit…

Character Secret Thesaurus Entry: Coveting Someone Else’s Life

November 2, 2024

Character Secret Thesaurus Entry: Coveting Someone Else’s Life

November 2, 2024

What secret is your character keeping? Why are they safeguarding it? What’s at stake if it’s discovered? Does it need to come out at some point, or should it remain…

Why Every Writer Should Try Their Hand at a Horror Story

October 31, 2024

Why Every Writer Should Try Their Hand at a Horror Story

October 31, 2024

By Savannah Cordova Affiliate links below It’s that time of year again: the leaves are changing color, the wind is getting chillier, and pumpkins are decorating doorsteps. And given that…

How to Hook Readers with Character Descriptions

October 24, 2024

How to Hook Readers with Character Descriptions

October 24, 2024

I think we can all agree that characters are the heart of a novel. We build worlds around our story’s cast, spend dozens of hours plundering their psyche to understand…

How to Write Unputdownable Psychological Thrillers

October 22, 2024

How to Write Unputdownable Psychological Thrillers

October 22, 2024

“I read your pages,” said my critique partner. “And I think it’d really increase the tension if you tore the one page out of the book that your main character…

Character Secret Thesaurus Entry: Monitoring Someone Without Their Knowledge

October 19, 2024

Character Secret Thesaurus Entry: Monitoring Someone Without Their Knowledge

October 19, 2024

What secret is your character keeping? Why are they safeguarding it? What’s at stake if it’s discovered? Does it need to come out at some point, or should it remain…

Three Ways You’re Losing Your Reader’s Trust

October 15, 2024

Three Ways You’re Losing Your Reader’s Trust

October 15, 2024

There’s no better feeling than being in the hands of a great storyteller. They have command of the details we need to know, the scenes we need to see, and…

A Description Database for Character Relationships

October 10, 2024

A Description Database for Character Relationships

October 10, 2024

No matter what genre you write, your characters–and their relationships–are the heart of a story. In fact, relationships help us explore our characters’ most meaningful layers while providing readers with…