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…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…Relationship Thesaurus Entry: Parent and Teen Child
Relationship Thesaurus Entry: Parent and Teen Child
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…Relationship Thesaurus: Friends with Benefits
Relationship Thesaurus: Friends with Benefits
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…Organize Your Research with Notes at One Stop for Writers
Organize Your Research with Notes at One Stop for Writers
The last time Rodney Buxton was here, he shared some helpful information about how authors can export their One Stop for Writer’s Export material directly to Scrivener. Many of you…
Read more…Digging Deep: The Psychology of a Layered Story
Digging Deep: The Psychology of a Layered Story
Humans like complexity: puzzles, questions, layers. It fascinates us. My guess it’s because there are so many complex systems in nature that our brain needs to navigate successfully. Ecosystems, weather…
Read more…Picking the Right Setting Details
Picking the Right Setting Details
Settings are very important to me. Most of my love affairs with books and movies tie directly into where the characters lived, laughed, and suffered: Green Gables, Toad Hall, the…
Read more…Powerful Scenes: Using One Stop for Writers’ Informal Scene Map
Powerful Scenes: Using One Stop for Writers’ Informal Scene Map
A while back, I profiled some of the custom brainstorming tools at our sister-site, One Stop for Writers, which help take the mystery (and misery) out of story structure. One…
Read more…How Do You Lead Readers to Your Theme?
How Do You Lead Readers to Your Theme?
Theme & Symbolism Database A good book, once finished, often leaves you with that feeling of something more. I like to think of it as the book’s essence. It kind…
Read more…Wax On, Wax Off: 5 Areas To Polish Before Submitting A Manuscript
Wax On, Wax Off: 5 Areas To Polish Before Submitting A Manuscript
Mr. Miyagi: Wax On, Wax Off (Karate Kid) Most writers are familiar with the saying, “You only get one chance to impress,” and there is no industry where this holds…
Read more…Boost Your Creativity Mindset Naturally
Boost Your Creativity Mindset Naturally
Hi everyone! Happy to welcome author Chrys Fey to the blog who has brought a few ideas along with her on how to do small things to help with your…
Read more…Use Theme to Determine Subplots, Supporting Characters, and Tension
Use Theme to Determine Subplots, Supporting Characters, and Tension
I recently spoke at the Storymakers conference in Utah, and while I was there, I attended a class on theme. Theme is kind of an ethereal topic, difficult to grasp…
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