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Strengthening Flat Characters

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In a post on Writers in the Storm, Ellen Buikema offers advice on strengthening oversimplified characters. She suggests four methods: Figure out what your...

The Art to Outlining

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In a new post on her blog, writer M.K. Tod discusses how she creates a story outline and offers tips for mastering this step...

How to Write Like Raymond Chandler

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In a post on the Killzone blog, James Scott Bell examines how Raymond Chandler kept his work flowing, even when he felt demoralized by...

How Your Characters View the World

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In their latest episode, the Writing Excuses hosts continue their discussion of writing lenses, this time the lens of character. They examine the meaning...

Is Your Hero Status Conscious?

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In a post on Killzone, Garry Rodgers examines how a character's social status impacts their role in your story and their world. "When you’re developing...

Are Writers Too “Safe” to be Great?

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In a recent post, Kristen Lamb asks if writers are too domesticated to write great stories. "There is a strange cognitive distortion we can...

Can a Nice Guy be Realistically Flawed?

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In a post on Writers Helping Writers, Becca Puglisi shares advice for creating believable character flaws, particularly the "nice girl/guy" type. "While it can work...

The Key to Unreliable Narrators

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In an article for Writer's Digest, Carter Wilson discusses the art of writing unreliable narrators in thriller novels. "The best thrillers are often the...

The Intersection of Writing and Research

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In an article for Writer's Digest, writer and filmmaker John Sayles discusses the interplay between writing and research. "Almost all my novels have required...

When to Lean Into Interiority

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In her latest post, September Fawkes continues exploring interiority, and specifically when writers should lean into this tool. Writers are often taught that we...

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