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…
How To “Bleed Onto The Page”
You may have heard the expression "bleed onto the page" before, but what does it actually mean? You're obviously not…
Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Write An Expert Protagonist
Your Protagonist is the main person in your story. You will spend the majority of the time riding on their…
How To Control Your Story Pace
The pace of your story is how quickly it moves from one plot point to another, and is controlled by…
Reasons Why Moral Purity Can Break Your Characters
To keep your audience caring about your Protagonist, the temptation will be to make them morally pure. I'll be talking…
How To Use Time-Locks To Make Your Story Exciting
One of the most important ways to write a story that is entertaining is by keeping the stakes high. If…
How To Write A Dystopian Story
Dystopian fiction deals with a future where the world has been changed, and not for the better. They are entertaining…
How To Deal With Imposter Syndrome
Imposter Syndrome can strike anyone, and it certainly strikes me on an alarmingly regular basis. It's the belief that any…
How To Use A Story Prompt
A story prompt is the seed of a story. It's a sentence or an idea designed to spark your imagination.…
How To Start Writing In 2021
2021 can be the year of your story. The year you finally get to write "The End." And I can…