Black Friday Deals for Writers
Black Friday Deals for Writers
Black Friday is coming and so now is a good time to think about how to invest in our writing career and save money doing it. Here are some of…
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Writing Craft
Stuck in No-Man’s-Land: Your Novel’s Middle
Stuck in No-Man’s-Land: Your Novel’s Middle
If you have hit the point in your draft where you’re looking out at the vast landscape of your novel with no idea where to go next, congratulations…you’ve probably made…
Read more…Determining Your Character’s Emotional Range
Determining Your Character’s Emotional Range
I firmly believe that while readers sometimes do connect with our stories, they more often fall in love with our characters. If we want to really pull readers in, we’ve…
Read more…Relationship Thesaurus Entry: Neighbors
Relationship Thesaurus Entry: Neighbors
Successful stories are driven by authentic and interesting characters, so it’s important to craft them carefully. But characters don’t usually exist in a vacuum; throughout the course of your story,…
Read more…Why You Should Side-Write Your Protagonist’s Origin Scene
Why You Should Side-Write Your Protagonist’s Origin Scene
Side writing: Any exploratory piece of writing that helps a writer get to know elements of their story but isn’t intended to make its way into a draft in its entirety.…
Read more…Relationship Thesaurus Entry: Police Officer & Informant
Relationship Thesaurus Entry: Police Officer & Informant
Successful stories are driven by authentic and interesting characters, so it’s important to craft them carefully. But characters don’t usually exist in a vacuum; throughout the course of your story,…
Read more…Dropping Breadcrumbs: How to Show a Character’s Emotional Wound Through Behavior
Dropping Breadcrumbs: How to Show a Character’s Emotional Wound Through Behavior
Emotional wounds are transformative and have the power to re-shape a character in many negative ways, impacting their happiness, their self-worth, and causing mistrust and disillusionment to skew their worldview.…
Read more…Relationship Thesaurus Entry: Rivals
Relationship Thesaurus Entry: Rivals
Successful stories are driven by authentic and interesting characters, so it’s important to craft them carefully. But characters don’t usually exist in a vacuum; throughout the course of your story,…
Read more…Does Your Story Idea Need a Makeover? Try Cratedigging
Does Your Story Idea Need a Makeover? Try Cratedigging
Not all story ideas are winners. But they could be, if they only had that spark of originality and relevance to make them stand out. The irony is that the…
Read more…4 Ways to Fix a Boring Story
4 Ways to Fix a Boring Story
Is your story boring? Would you know or acknowledge it if it was? No one wants to admit that their story is slow, lackluster, or zzzzz. But hey, that’s what…
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