Yesterday: Looking Back at the First Act
Yesterday: Looking Back at the First Act
“Yesterday.” A beautiful, beautiful song that easily applies to our writing process. Confused? Go with me for a minute. It doesn’t matter if we’re a pantser, a plotter, a plotser,…
Read more…How To Research Mental Health and Trauma For Your Characters
How To Research Mental Health and Trauma For Your Characters
Giving a character a trauma or mental health backstory seems like an easy way to add internal conflict to our characters – and it is. But where do you start…
Read more…A Mother Lode of Resources on Character Occupations
A Mother Lode of Resources on Character Occupations
With every new book release, Angela and I write a bunch of posts that cover various aspects of that topic. We’ve found it useful to collect all of those resources…
Read more…The Occupation Thesaurus: Firefighter
The Occupation Thesaurus: Firefighter
Sourced from The Occupation Thesaurus OVERVIEWA firefighter is a rescuer who extinguishes and prevents fires that threaten life, property, and the environment. They also respond to car accidents, chemical spills,…
Read more…Realistic Character Occupations: My Experience as a Motel Chambermaid
Realistic Character Occupations: My Experience as a Motel Chambermaid
To win readers over we need to write characters so authentic they feel like real people. How do we do this? By brainstorming a character’s backstory, personality, needs, desires, and…
Read more…3 Ways to Differentiate Your Characters
3 Ways to Differentiate Your Characters
We’ve invited Resident Writing Coach Sacha Black to give us an extra dose of wisdom as she’s just released a new book that I think will help a lot of…
Read more…Character Building: How Much Planning Should I Do? (PART 2)
Character Building: How Much Planning Should I Do? (PART 2)
As I mentioned in my last post, knowing exactly how much to brainstorm when it comes to character building can be a question mark. How deeply you need to plan…
Read more…Maximize Productivity with Speech-To-Text Software
Maximize Productivity with Speech-To-Text Software
I think we’re all looking for ways to be more productive these days. COVID19 has thrown our schedules into chaos and, if we’re lucky enough to still be working, it’s…
Read more…How to Describe a Location You’ve Never Visited
How to Describe a Location You’ve Never Visited
One of the big decisions writers make is whether to choose a real location for the backdrop of their overall story or create one of their own imaginings. Crafting a…
Read more…Breathe Life into Your Prose with the Sense of Touch
Breathe Life into Your Prose with the Sense of Touch
Humans are social beasts: we live together, we yearn for the comfort of quality time, of family memories, and of physical closeness. But right now, touch has a bad rep.…
Read more…In Difficult Times, Ask: WWOCD (What Would Our Characters Do?)
In Difficult Times, Ask: WWOCD (What Would Our Characters Do?)
As writers, we tend to be naturally voracious readers, meaning over the years we have experienced many difficult situations through the perspective of characters: intergalactic space battles between the forces…
Read more…Need a Creative Kick in the Pants?
Need a Creative Kick in the Pants?
FACT: every once in a while, the ol’ brain noodle goes limp. You stare at the screen…stare at the screen…stare at the screen. And then you remember…oh hey, there’s a…
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