How To Track Your Continuity
Your story "continuity" is making sure that from one scene to another, nothing changes about the people or the environment…
How To Successfully Write Death And Resurrection
The resurrection of characters that have died can be a dramatic game changer that enhances your story, however, if used…
How To Make An Unbelievable Story Believable
If you are writing in the fantasy, urban fantasy, paranormal, or sci-fi genres, you're going to be writing scenarios for…
Why You Should Know And Understand Your Genre
On The Table Read, JJ Barnes writes about why it is important for authors and filmmakers to know and understand…
Pantsing Vs Plotting – A Guide to The Writing Techniques
On The Table Read, JJ Barnes writes about pantsing and plotting, the difference between the to writing techniques, and the…
Why Too Much Description Can Make Your Story Boring
On The Table Read, JJ Barnes gives writing advice for how much description to use in your story to keep…
Top Reasons To Write The Death Of A Mentor
On The Table Read, JJ Barnes writes about the death of a mentor, what it does for character development, and…
How To Write Your Midpoint
Your first act is setting up what they want, the second act is where they start to pursue it, and…
How to be inspired by other writers without losing your own voice
On The Table Read, JJ Barnes explores how to use the writing of others to inspire your own work.
How to write Narrative Triplets – Spider-Man Into The Spiderverse
To explain how and why you use Narrative Triplets in your writing, I am referencing the film Spider-Man Into The…
How To Take Characters From Our World Into A Magical World
Taking your characters from the mundane to the magical, a technique used in most fantasy stories, when you take your…