Tips for Portraying Emotion on the Page
In a post on Writer Unboxed, Susan DeFreitas offers advice for conveying emotion on the page. "It’s one of the most magical properties of...
Are Your Characters 3-D?
In a post on the Killzone blog, Sue Coletta offers advice on creating compelling characters. "It starts with three dimensions," she says. "We’re all...
Make it Hard, Make it Weird: Adding Drama to Your Story
In a new blog post, Kristen Lamb offers advice for adding drama to your story. "Drama needs to be in everything we create if we...
Unlikability Doesn’t Need to Be Fatal
In a post on CrimeReads, Kate Williams talks about her latest novel, a murder mystery packed with unlikeable characters, and how you can create...
Where is the Root of Your Protagonist’s Problems?
In a post on Writer Unboxed, Therese Walsh discusses how we can identify and portray the hidden motivations behind our characters' choices and actions.
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Your Ideas About Writing are Less Important than Your Characters’
In an essay for Lit Hub, Colin Barrett says big ideas about the meaning of writing and art are less important than getting to...
Can This Fictional Writer Help Hone Your Basic Writing Instincts?
Sometimes writers need to turn to unlikely sources of inspiration. In an article for Lit Hub, Blake Turck says we can learn a lot from...
Can Your Novel Also Support a Short Story?
In a guest post on Janice Hardy's blog, Rayne Hall offers advice for writing a short story that spins off from your novel, as...
Advice for Mastering Multiple POVs
If you want to write your version of Game of Thrones, Roz Morris has advice for writing in multiple POVs on her Nail Your Novel...
Hard Work Can Reinforce Your Theme
In a post on Writers Helping Writers, Becca Puglisi says you can use your character's career to support your story's theme. "Writing theme into...
