How To Follow Your Story Not Your Plot
Planning your story well can make the writing process easier. You won't wander off on side adventures or get muddled…
How To Shape Characters With Emotional Bruises
Your characters need to feel like real people, so I teach you how to use emotional bruises to shape your…
How To Use The Advice Of Write Drunk And Edit Sober
If you've been exploring different kinds of writing advice, you'll no doubt have come across the advice to write drunk…
How To Develop Your Characters By What Your Story Needs
When you first start writing your story, you'll probably go in knowing who your Protagonist is. Your protagonist is the…
How To Be A Writer
I am very proud to say that one of my jobs is to be a writer. I write words, people…
How To Write A Good Inciting Incident
Written by JJ Barnes www.jjbarnes.co.uk The inciting incident of your story is the moment that triggers the start of your…
How To Write Characters Who Feel Alive Beyond The Limitations Of Your Story
The characters of your story are the main draw for your audience. Your plot and world can be fascinating, but…
How To Accept Bad Reviews And Still Keep Writing
Bad reviews are part and parcel of being a writer. It sucks and it can hurt really bad, but it's…
How To Keep Your Story Conflict Active In Every Scene
Your story follows your Protagonist on a journey to achieve a story goal, and your Antagonist trying to stop them.…
How To Write A Successful Protagonist Partnership
On The Table Read, “The Best Book Reader Magazine in the UK“, author JJ Barnes describes what a Protagonist Partnership…
Top Ways To Build An Emotional Bond With Your Audience
On The Table Read, “The Best Book Reader Magazine in the UK“, author JJ Barnes shares her tips for how…
Top Reasons To Rip Away Your Character’s Emotional Support System
When you start your story, you will most likely put in an emotional support system around your Protagonist. You give…
Top Reasons Why Your Audience Will Love A Character Who Will Risk It All
To make sure your audience is fully invested in seeing if your Protagonist gets what they want, you need to…
Top Reasons Why Side Adventures Make Your Audience Stop Caring
Keeping your audience caring about this story, these characters, is essential. It means they'll finish this story, then trust you…
How To Live Through Your Characters
The characters in your story are how your audience experiences your plot, so it's essential they feel real. If you…