Layer Your Themes to Create Echoes and Callbacks
In a guest post on Writers Helping Writers, Jami Gold examines how you can create a more deeply layered story by establishing resonating themes. "Themes...
Creating Human Moments
In a new post on Writer Unboxed, Donald Maass offers advice on avoiding sequential narration, the tendency of writers to follow their characters through...
Use Limiting Beliefs To Get to the Heart of Character
In a post on Writers in the Storm, Lisa Hall-Wilson says that exploring your protagonist's limiting beliefs can help you go deeper into characterization...
Are You Ready to Take the Queen’s Path?
Are you looking for a structure for your novel, but feel the Hero's Journey is overdone? In an article for Writer's Digest, Stacey Simmons...
The Art of Creating Malice Without Violence
In a post on Writer Unboxed, David Corbett uses Claire Keegan’s Small Things Like These to examine the concept of menace without overt violence. "Keegan’s...
Asking Uncomfortable Questions
In a post on Lit Hub, Anna DeForest discusses writing with an honest and authentic voice. "The writing I admire and aim to produce...
Scenes and Sequels Hold the Keys to Stakes
In a new blog post, Kristen Lamb tackles the important subject of stakes - what they are, how to build them, and how to...
Writing Irresistible Character Relationships
In a post on Writers in the Storm, Lynette Burrows offers advice on writing irresistible character relationships. "Relationships are a large part of what...
Why All Great Stories Need Agency
In a new blog post, Kristen Lamb says that character agency is the critical element to every great story. "Agency means a condition of...
What Does Your Setting Say About Character?
In a new post, C.S. Lakin offers advice on using setting to reveal character. "All of us are impacted by setting," she says. "Every...
