Five Tips to Adding Depth with Setting

Aug 4, 2024 | Blog, Method, Writing, Writing Craft

“It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents – except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the...

Your Character Bible

Jun 9, 2024 | Blog, Method, Writing

If you are a serious author, please don’t do what I did—your future self will thank you. Keep a book bible! For every book you write you need a list of all of the characters mentioned. You may not think that it’s so important. You know who your characters are. Why is...

The Importance of your character’s wound

Mar 31, 2024 | Writing, Writing Craft

I’m certain you learned in English class that all characters must have a flaw. This is what stops them from attaining their goal. It’s what gets in the way of their relationships. But where does that flaw come from? It comes from the character’s...

Cheat: Get to know your characters faster

Feb 18, 2024 | Blog, Method, Writing

If you’re a pantser, you probably start out writing your story with a vague idea of some characters—the protagonist, a secondary character or two, and maybe the antagonist. You know, sort of what happens in the story, or maybe you don’t. Maybe you just know that there...

Creating Characters to Love

Nov 19, 2023 | Blog, Method, Writing, Writing Craft

People! They can be so difficult ( says the devoted introvert). They are extremely complicated beings with their likes and dislikes, their personal history, and so many different factors that go into how they see the world, how they speak, even how they dress. And...