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Announcing The Emotion Thesaurus Second Edition!

January 21, 2019

Announcing The Emotion Thesaurus Second Edition!

January 21, 2019

Keeping secrets are hard, especially keeping happy, year-long ones from the people we care about. So you can imagine how terrific it is to finally share with you that the…

How to Get Emotion Onto the Page

January 15, 2019

How to Get Emotion Onto the Page

January 15, 2019

It is a truth universally acknowledged: you have to hook the reader right out of the starting gate. From the very first sentence your story must incite that delicious sense…

Want Readers to Fall in Love With Your Hero? Create The Perfect Hero Lens

January 8, 2019

Want Readers to Fall in Love With Your Hero? Create The Perfect Hero Lens

January 8, 2019

We writers worry about all sorts of things: traits, arcs, themes, motives etc. But even when we’ve got all of those things sorted, bridging the gap between the black ink…

Context, Text, and Subtext: What They Are and How They Help Storytelling

November 13, 2018

Context, Text, and Subtext: What They Are and How They Help Storytelling

November 13, 2018

In writing tips, we talk about text a lot. But I feel like we don’t talk enough about context and subtext in this industry. Both are vital to good storytelling…

Two Great Tools To Help You Win NaNoWriMo

October 30, 2018

Two Great Tools To Help You Win NaNoWriMo

October 30, 2018

Everyone ready for NaNoWriMo? I won’t lie, I am super envious of all you NaNo Warriors. I love this event and the creativity that comes from it. How I wish…

How to Nail the First Three Pages

October 16, 2018

How to Nail the First Three Pages

October 16, 2018

Let’s face it, talking about writing the first pages of a novel is stressful. It can strike terror into the heart of even the most seasoned writer, because as writers…

Create Killer Twists: Learn How to Redeem Your Villain

October 9, 2018

Create Killer Twists: Learn How to Redeem Your Villain

October 9, 2018

You might think a villain can’t be redeemed. After all, they’re sinister and twisted and think killing people is a post-dinner dessert choice. But even villains are people, and, no…

On The Quest for Knowledge, Writers Must Show Courage

October 4, 2018

On The Quest for Knowledge, Writers Must Show Courage

October 4, 2018

When we step onto the writing path, we know there will be a lot to learn. We see the mountain ahead and sure, it’s intimidating. But hey, we’re head over…

Capturing Complex Emotion: A Writer’s Superpower

October 2, 2018

Capturing Complex Emotion: A Writer’s Superpower

October 2, 2018

Our brain is driven by emotion. We may like to think we’re rational beings, applying the rules of logic calmly and sensibly to those little and not-so-little decisions, but our…

Meet Our Newest Resident Writing Coaches!

September 25, 2018

Meet Our Newest Resident Writing Coaches!

September 25, 2018

We’re heading into our third year of the Resident Writing Coach program, can you believe it? Writers Helping Writers is honored to host some of the best teachers of writing…