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Relationship Thesaurus Entry: Parent and Teen Child

October 24, 2020

Relationship Thesaurus Entry: Parent and Teen Child

October 24, 2020

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,…

The Best Resource for Planning Your NaNoWriMo Novel

October 22, 2020

The Best Resource for Planning Your NaNoWriMo Novel

October 22, 2020

We’re creeping up on the biggest, craziest, event in Writerville: National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). That means 50,000 words written in one month, and all the coffee, stale pizza, and…

Relationship Thesaurus: Friends with Benefits

October 17, 2020

Relationship Thesaurus: Friends with Benefits

October 17, 2020

Asking the Right Questions with Character Interviews

October 13, 2020

Asking the Right Questions with Character Interviews

October 13, 2020

Thank you so much to the team at Writers Helping Writers for asking me to be part of the Resident Writing Coaches program. I’m honoured and delighted to be working…

Introducing…The Relationship Thesaurus!

October 10, 2020

Introducing…The Relationship Thesaurus!

October 10, 2020

Human beings are social creatures. We’re made to be with others, meaning, our lives are built on a series of interwoven relationships. Deep or superficial, good or bad, these relationships…

Conflict Thesaurus Entry: The Death of a Pet

October 3, 2020

Conflict Thesaurus Entry: The Death of a Pet

October 3, 2020

Conflict is very often the magic sauce for generating tension and turning a ho-hum story into one that rivets readers. As such, every scene should contain a struggle of some…

Conflict Thesaurus Entry: Being Blackmailed

September 26, 2020

Conflict Thesaurus Entry: Being Blackmailed

September 26, 2020

Conflict is very often the magic sauce for generating tension and turning a ho-hum story into one that rivets readers. As such, every scene should contain a struggle of some…

Meet Our Newest Resident Writing Coaches!

September 24, 2020

Meet Our Newest Resident Writing Coaches!

September 24, 2020

Can you believe this is the 5th year of our Resident Writing Coach program? It’s true! And today we introduce (and reintroduce) the wonderful experts who will be joining us…

Conflict Thesaurus Entry: Lacking an Important Resource

September 19, 2020

Conflict Thesaurus Entry: Lacking an Important Resource

September 19, 2020

Conflict is very often the magic sauce for generating tension and turning a ho-hum story into one that rivets readers. As such, every scene should contain a struggle of some…

How a Character’s Job Can Awaken Unmet Needs

September 17, 2020

How a Character’s Job Can Awaken Unmet Needs

September 17, 2020

In fiction and film, often who a protagonist is at the start of the story and who they are at the end are different. Why? Because stories—the best stories—are about…