How To Plan Your Story Effectively
When you come up with an initial idea for a story, it can be very exciting. Perhaps you've invented a…
How To Write An Interesting Villain – The Silence Of The Lambs
When it comes to constructing a villain in your story, you need to put as much care and time into…
How To Start A Story
When you first start writing your story, and you're introducing your characters, it can be easy to feel stalled. There…
How To Write Your Protagonist Transition From Passive To Active
The Protagonist of your story is the main character. You join them at the beginning of the story, and ride…
How To Use Show Don’t Tell For Your Story Setting
Show don't tell is a popular piece of advice given to writers, but it isn't always explained well. Previously I…
How To Write The First In A Series
A series of books is a good way to bring in an audience, and then keep them around. If they…
How To Write The Internal Conflict Of What Your Character Wants Vs Needs
Your Protagonist needs to be motivated throughout your story. They want something, they go after it, and your story follows…
Why Your Story Needs Foreshadowing And How To Write It
Foreshadowing is the technique of hinting to your audience where your story is going, without actually telling them. It works…
How And Why We Need To Write Character Weaknesses
Your Protagonist has to have strengths to make them worthy of being your Protagonist. You're telling a story about them…
How To Write A Character Friendship
Most people have a friend. At least one. Someone they talk to and share their fears with, reflect on their…
How To Write Body Language
You need your story to move forward, and character interaction is a big part of that. However, not all communication…
How To Write Chapter One
I'll be talking through things you need to include to write Chapter One of your book, and hopefully leaving you…
Top Reasons To Use Murphy’s Law In Your Story
Murphy's Law is when anything that can go wrong, does go wrong. It's associated with people who are very unlucky,…
Top Reasons To Kill Your Character’s Parents
If you want to write books for children or young adults, killing your character's parents is a common trope you…
Reasons To Make Your Antagonist Stronger Than Your Protagonist
When you're planning your story, one of the first jobs is to establish who your Protagonist and Antagonist are. Your…