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How Side Quests and Subplots Can Beef Up Your Story

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Side quests aren't just for D&D or WOW - in a post on Well-Storied, Kristen Kieffer says that add-on goals or other distractions from...

How to Crack into a Character’s Head

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Sometimes writers are lucky enough to have a character (or three) arrive fully formed in our heads. We know their wants and desires, their...

The Joys of Big Casts

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Writers are often told not to feature too many characters in their novels. You'll find it hard to keep track of them all. Readers...

Bring Your M.I.C.E. Together for a Satisfying Story

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In the latest edition of their podcast, the Writing Excuses hosts have their final discussion about the M.I.C.E. (Milieu, Inquiry, Character, and Event) elements...

Six Great Ways to Open Your Story

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As writers, we obsess over introductions. Introducing our characters, their goals and conflicts, our setting and story world. But one element many writers fail...

Your Characters’ Relationship with Money is Important, Too

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A character's relationship with money is one of the most subtle but important traits you can develop, yet it's often the most poorly written. Many...

Don’t Make This Mistake in Your Dialogue

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There's nothing like cracking dialogue to keep readers enthralled by your story and nothing will throw them out as quickly as crappy dialogue. Clumsy,...

What Makes Quentin Click?

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In a post on The Script Lab, Kevin Nelson takes a look at Quentin Tarantino's most iconic scripts to find out what makes them...

Tips for Keeping Your Characters in Character

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In a post for Writer's Digest, the magazine's Content Editor Michael Woodson offers his advice for fixing characters that lack substance. "I call this...

When Your Story is Driven by Big Events

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In their latest podcast, the Writing Excuses hosts examine the next element of the MICE (Milieu, Idea, Character, and Event) Quotient: Event. They explore...

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