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How to Become a Stronger Writer (Resources!)

September 29, 2016

How to Become a Stronger Writer (Resources!)

September 29, 2016

Being September, education is on my mind, reinforcing how important it is to stretch ourselves to become stronger writers. I know writers who feel they ‘know’ enough because they’ve read…

How To Share Your Protagonist’s Deepest Feelings With Readers

April 26, 2016

How To Share Your Protagonist’s Deepest Feelings With Readers

April 26, 2016

Our job as writers is to make the reader FEEL, empathizing with our characters, feeling invested in the outcome of events, and immersed in the story’s world. When a reader’s…

Use Character Vulnerability to Grow Reader Empathy

January 26, 2016

Use Character Vulnerability to Grow Reader Empathy

January 26, 2016

As writers, we all want to encourage a powerful bond to form between our audience and the protagonist so that readers care about the hero or heroine and root for…

How to Write Characters Readers Trust But Shouldn’t

November 25, 2015

How to Write Characters Readers Trust But Shouldn’t

November 25, 2015

I don’t know about you, but I love reading books where the author encourages me to draw conclusions that are wrong. Case in point–untrustworthy characters who I trust anyway. Like…

One Stop For Writers’ Unique Templates & Worksheets

October 11, 2015

One Stop For Writers’ Unique Templates & Worksheets

October 11, 2015

A Look Inside One Stop’s Templates & Worksheets As you can imagine with an online library, there are many nooks and crannies to explore. One of my favorite places is…

The Connection Between Emotional Wounds and Basic Needs

May 27, 2015

The Connection Between Emotional Wounds and Basic Needs

May 27, 2015

As many of you may know, we have a new thesaurus, one that looks into a problematic (yet SO important) area: Emotional Wounds. It’s somewhat intuitive to see how a traumatic…

How to Write Vivid Character Descriptions: Be Invisible!

February 17, 2015

How to Write Vivid Character Descriptions: Be Invisible!

February 17, 2015

One of the most difficult areas of description is when it comes to showing the appearance of a protagonist, especially when writing in first person POV. We need readers to…

10 Reasons Why Your Protagonist Needs Flaws

December 14, 2014

10 Reasons Why Your Protagonist Needs Flaws

December 14, 2014

When we see the word Hero or Heroine, we think heroic, which is ironic as they are often jaded, lost, and brimming with flaws and false beliefs about the world…

Overcome Your Book Doubts By Asking WHY

December 10, 2014

Overcome Your Book Doubts By Asking WHY

December 10, 2014

Doubt – soul-crushing worry that we are not capturing our story well enough – can snuff out a novel and the writer’s spirit. Jennie Nash has some excellent insight for…

11 Novelist-Tested Ways to Defeat Writer’s Block

October 13, 2014

11 Novelist-Tested Ways to Defeat Writer’s Block

October 13, 2014

Warren Adler, author of The War of The Roses and Random Heartshas accumulated some tried-and-true methods for getting un-stuck, and he’s here today to share them with us… 1. Reread…