Does Your Character Have a Secret?
Does Your Character Have a Secret?
We all have secrets – you do and I do. And let’s face it, we work hard to not let them get out. But at the same time, when we…
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Power Up Individual Scenes with a Scene Tracker
Power Up Individual Scenes with a Scene Tracker
One of the most powerful tools in a writer’s toolkit is a scene tracker, also known as a scene map. Whether you’re drafting or you’re looking to revise a finished draft,…
Read more…Should We Think of Our Setting as a Character?
Should We Think of Our Setting as a Character?
We’ve probably all heard some variation of the advice to develop story settings that feel like characters. Hogwarts castle in the Harry Potter story world, the Overlook Hotel in The…
Read more…The 8 Points of Progress
The 8 Points of Progress
In a lecture series on Youtube, #1 New York Times best-selling author Brandon Sanderson talks about the three P’s of plot structure: Promise. Progress. Payoff. Promises are particularly important in the beginning of the…
Read more…Your Character’s Job May Be More Important than You Think!
Your Character’s Job May Be More Important than You Think!
Confession time: when I was a newer writer, I didn’t think much about my character’s occupation. In fact, if they needed one, I’d pretty much assign the first thing that came…
Read more…How Stakes Set up Expectations
How Stakes Set up Expectations
Last time I coached on Writers Helping Writers, I talked about 6 Tricks to Layer on Stakes, in it, I explained how I like to think of stakes as potential…
Read more…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…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…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…
Read more…No Story Conflict? Explore Your Options
No Story Conflict? Explore Your Options
As a reader of Angela and Becca’s blog, chances are you’ve seen some of their many posts about the role of conflict in our story. In fact, as a Resident…
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