Practice for Making Your Characters Distinct
In a new post, Mary Carroll Moore offers advice on making each of your story's characters distinct. "Developed characters, fictional or real, should be...
What’s Your Weapon of Opportunity?
In the latest in her series of Fight Write™ posts on the Writer's Digest blog, trained fighter and author Carla Hoch discusses weapons of...
How is Story Structure Like a Mixtape?
Structure. Is it an arc, with rising action and a climax? A river that meanders from its source to its ending? A spiral? An...
I Love Your Theme, but Did it Mean Anything?
In a post on Writer Unboxed, Donald Maass ponders the difference between theme and meaning, and offers advice for injecting purpose into your novel.
According...
Where Did This Come From? Where is it Going?
In a post on the SFWA blog, Kahina Necaise suggests some direct questions to ask while you're editing your story:
Does this come out...
Questions: An Overlooked Tool for Better Critiques
In the latest in their "Mistakes Writers Make" series, the Writer's Digest editors urge writers to ask questions during the drafting process. "We shouldn’t...
Fly Your Geek Flag in Your Writing
Writers are always looking for an interesting fact or tidbit to use in our stories, something to pique a reader's interest or provide a...
The Want and Need of “Soul”
The Stage 32 blog shares a new video from StudioBinder. In Lessons from a Screenplay, they break down the two foundational elements of a great character:...
How Much World Do You Need to Show in a Novel...
During a conversation with Lit Hub's I'm a Writer But... podcast, Mike Meginnis discusses worldbuilding for a story in which you end your world.
Meginnis...
Dig Deep to Find Your Characters’ Layers
In the real world, it's easy to reduce our antagonists to their most annoying characteristic - laziness, arrogance, forgetfulness - but that habit is...
