Occupation Thesaurus Entry: Real Estate Agent
Occupation Thesaurus Entry: Real Estate Agent
Jobs are as important for our characters as they are for real people. A character’s career might be their dream job or one they’ve chosen due to necessity. In your…
Read more…Three Ways The Setting Can Steer Your Story’s Plot
Three Ways The Setting Can Steer Your Story’s Plot
The setting is a powerful force. Not only does it evoke mood, create tension and conflict, allow you to share critical backstory in a non-dumpy way, and draw readers deeper…
Read more…What Does Your Protagonist Want BEFORE the Story Starts?
What Does Your Protagonist Want BEFORE the Story Starts?
Imagine getting up in the morning and not wanting anything (not even coffee). No, seriously, try. Imagine having no agenda. Sure, that may sound great for a bit – especially…
Read more…Occupation Thesaurus Entry: Therapist (Mental Health)
Occupation Thesaurus Entry: Therapist (Mental Health)
Jobs are as important for our characters as they are for real people. A character’s career might be their dream job or one they’ve chosen due to necessity. In your…
Read more…Best of the Best: Free Resources to Power Up Your Writing
Best of the Best: Free Resources to Power Up Your Writing
It doesn’t take many visits to see that providing writers with what they need to succeed is pretty serious business around here. And because the ‘ol pocketbook can be a…
Read more…Episodic vs. Epic: Go Bigger with Your Writing
Episodic vs. Epic: Go Bigger with Your Writing
One of the most common reasons given by authors for why they write is a desire to create something meaningful for their readers, something that will stick with them or…
Read more…How to Tell If Your Story Needs a Resolution
How to Tell If Your Story Needs a Resolution
One of the last things you’ll consider for a story is whether to write a resolution. This short sequence of scenes (or a single scene) after the climax can conclude…
Read more…10 Methods to Make Your Character Likeable
10 Methods to Make Your Character Likeable
A key point of writing a successful story is to have likeable characters. This is usually a must for the protagonist, but the cast overall should have a number of…
Read more…Occupation Thesaurus: Veterinarian
Occupation Thesaurus: Veterinarian
Jobs are as important for our characters as they are for real people. A character’s career might be their dream job or one they’ve chosen due to necessity. In your…
Read more…Good Endings: What Should Yours Include?
Good Endings: What Should Yours Include?
What’s the right ending for your novel? This isn’t a simple question to answer, because there are many factors to consider. But the first thing you want to think about…
Read more…Introducing…the Occupation Thesaurus!
Introducing…the Occupation Thesaurus!
Let’s say you’re at a party, and you meet someone new. The small talk begins. If you want to learn more about them, what’s one of the first things you…
Read more…How to Keep a Short Story Short
How to Keep a Short Story Short
Part of constraining a short story to its simplest form is to observe the convention of its length. Edgar Allen Poe said it should aim for a single effect on…
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