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 write in a three act structure – SPOILERS – Die Hard
On The Table Read, JJ Barnes gives writing advice about story structure in the film Die Hard and how we…
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 use an Unreliable Narrator – writing advice featuring The Girl On The Train
Most of the time when you go into reading a book or watching a film, there will be a person…
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…
How To Write The Inciting Incident Of Your Story
I'm going to explain what the "Inciting Incident" is in your story, where to put it, what it's used for,…
How To Write The Protagonist And Antagonist Of Your Story
If you're a writer you'll have heard the terms "protagonist" and "antagonist," and you might have a baseline familiarity with…
Ways to improve and grow your vocabulary to become a better writer.
Viewer Gareth Shelley asked a question about how important a big vocabulary is when you want to write a book,…