What Makes a Great Villain?
In a new episode of its Page to Picture vlog, the Stage 32 blog discusses how to create great villains, using examples from popular...
Don’t Forget Your Reading Assignments
Writers love sharing Stephen King's advice about "killing your darlings" but will go to the mat insisting that his most relevant piece of advice...
Simone de Beauvoir: The Original Writer is Always Shocking
A post on Writer Write shares 7 writing quotes from Simone de Beauvoir, including:
"The writer of originality, unless dead, is always shocking, scandalous; novelty...
You Don’t Need to Beat a Dead Jockey
We've heard of dead political candidates winning a race, but never a dead athlete. In a recent article, Amusing Planet shares the story of...
Are You Reliable Enough to Use an Unreliable Narrator?
Tyler Durden. Humbert Humbert. Alex the Droog. Literature is filled with unreliable narrators, from the villainous, like Patrick Bateman, to the dangerously naive, like...
Jean Hanff Korelitz: Create Suspense by Paring Back Information
During an interview with Lit Hub's First Draft podcast, Jean Hanff Korelitz (The Plot) talks about how she learned to create tension and suspense.
Korelitz...
How Dice Were Used In Divination
We generally limit our use of dice to table top games, but historically, they have been used in spellcasting and divination. Having evolved from...
Mindset Tools for Writers
If you're using the turn of the new year to reassess your creative goals and continuous learning, you're not alone. In a post on...
Your Witch’s Legal Rights
In response to reports that the Scottish government plans to pardon people—mostly women—convicted under the terms of the Witchcraft Act of 1563, Legal History...
Demystifying Deep POV
In a post on Writers in the Storm, Lori Brown helps us define Deep Point of View and crack the code to writing it...
