Ah yes, torturing readers, your favourite hobby!
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If You’re a Woman Writing a Male Character Avoid these Bad Writing Tips. As a male reader and writer I have been seeing some really bad advice pop up regularly about writing characters in general and specifically about writing males.
Here's a guide to writing cozy fantasy, including some examples of the subgenre and some ideas to get you started.
If you want to send your readers into a 3AM reading frenzy, these ideas could help!
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If you've ever asked yourself, "Am I a good writer?" then this post is for you. These 7 things tell the good writers from the bad.
When creating close relationships with fictional characters, their dialogue matters immensely. Their dialogue shows their true heart and reveals a lot...
How DO you write a character smarter than you? Moreover, smarter than all the other characters around them? It's not as hard as you may think.
I know you guys like making your readers cry, so I thought I'd enable this pattern.
If you have aspirations of writing your own romance novel, here are some creative scene, plot, and dialogue prompts to get you started!
3 Tips How to Write Lovable Villains. Looking for ideas and inspiration for writing villains that your audience could like and fall in love with. See for...
In this post, we provide an explanation on how to add humor to a novel.
Sometimes dialogue sounds stiff, clunky, or unnatural. Try these tricks to make your dialogue sound more natural and less written.
How to Write Villains Readers Can See. If we want our readers to enjoy what we write and the stories we tell than we need to carefully consider how we get...
Your story is always stronger when your character wants something. This is what propels them to make the decisions they make. If you're struggling to find a good motivation for your character, I've compiled 50 ideas you can use... If you want to learn how to use the character's backstory to formulate a motivation, we c
Sometimes dialogue sounds stiff, clunky, or unnatural. Try these tricks to make your dialogue sound more natural and less written.
Slow burn romances are stories in which the romance...burns slowly. Instead of instant kissing and love ballads, it's often more of a will-they-won't-they situation.
Because mistakes are the portals of discovery.
Once the author becomes visible, the enchantment of the story dissolves. These 12 things can ruin the illusion for the reader. Become an invisible writer.
6+ Easy Practical Steps to Becoming a Better Writer in 30 Days or Less. Becoming a better writer doesn't have to be rocket science, but it does take time and
On Wednesdays, I share posts, fables, songs, poems, quotations, TEDx Talks, cartoons, and books that have inspired and motivated me on my writing journey. I hope these posts will give writers, arti…
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Demonstrates how to implement the all-important protagonist transformation by using examples from the recent superhero blockbuster Thor.
4 Scenes you can write That Reveal Who Your Character Is Seamlessly and professionally. Use these scenes to reveal your characters in stories
How to Write your Character Hitting Rock Bottom. When creating problems for our beloved characters we sometimes are afraid to put them through hard times.
Weapons for Fictional Characters. When thinking about weapons for fictional characters we want to not only think of how they'll look swinging it around. We want
This father is determined to offer his beautiful princess a $30,000 Europe trip as a reward for graduating from high school. I'm not sure about you... However, if a $30k Europe vacation is a reasonable price for just getting into college, then these people live in an entirely other universe than the rest of us.
Struggling through a first draft of a story or novel? Here are some of the best tips and quotes on first drafts from writers who have been there.
Want to write a great protagonist for your novel? Be sure to avoid these 5 mistakes.
Want to scare your readers? SHOW them what your character is afraid of! Your story needs life or death stakes (and not necessarily the murderous, knife-wielding, gravestone kind of life or death st…
If you’re an avid reader like we are, odds are you have spent a moment or two dreaming of writing a book of your own. Together, let’s build a community where we can help one another ach…
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How to Write your Character Hitting Rock Bottom. When creating problems for our beloved characters we sometimes are afraid to put them through hard times.
