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3 Mistakes To Avoid with Your Side Characters

August 5, 2021

3 Mistakes To Avoid with Your Side Characters

August 5, 2021

Help me welcome Resident Writing Coach Alumni Sacha Black, who has just an excellent post on how to avoid creating story problems caused by mismanaged side characters. Here’s a bit…

Relationship Thesaurus Entry: Adult Child and Elderly Parent

July 31, 2021

Relationship Thesaurus Entry: Adult Child and Elderly Parent

July 31, 2021

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,…

Genre Switching: Launching a Successful Career in a New Genre

July 29, 2021

Genre Switching: Launching a Successful Career in a New Genre

July 29, 2021

Admit it, you’ve thought about cheating. After all, there’s so many to choose from, why tie yourself down to one genre? (Hey, what did you THINK I was talking about?)…

Relationship Thesaurus Entry: Spouses and Partners

July 24, 2021

Relationship Thesaurus Entry: Spouses and Partners

July 24, 2021

Phenomenal First Pages

July 20, 2021

Phenomenal First Pages

July 20, 2021

Hey, wonderful writerly people! It’s time for our monthly first-page critique contest ? This contest is closed. See you next month! If you’re working on a first page (in any genre…

Relationship Thesaurus Entry: Spouses in a Forced Marriage

July 17, 2021

Relationship Thesaurus Entry: Spouses in a Forced Marriage

July 17, 2021

Relationship Thesaurus Entry: Master and Apprentice

July 10, 2021

Relationship Thesaurus Entry: Master and Apprentice

July 10, 2021

Procrastination vs. Real Writing Crisis: How to Tell the Difference

July 1, 2021

Procrastination vs. Real Writing Crisis: How to Tell the Difference

July 1, 2021

You’re not writing. It’s been a few weeks now, and your regular writing routine has gone out the window. Are you struggling with a legitimate writing crisis, or are you…

Relationship Thesaurus Entry: Nanny and Child

June 26, 2021

Relationship Thesaurus Entry: Nanny and Child

June 26, 2021

Phenomenal First Pages

June 24, 2021

Phenomenal First Pages

June 24, 2021

Hey, wonderful writerly people! It’s time for our monthly first-page critique contest ? This contest is closed. Please try again next month! If you’re working on a first page (in any…