How To Stop Coincidences From Ruining Your Story
A coincidence in a story is an event that happens that has no foreshadowing and no intent, it wasn't something…
How To Write Distinct Characters
On The Table Read, author JJ Barnes shares her creative writing advice for how to write distinct characters and why…
How To Create A Feeling Of Suspense In Your Story
If you are writing a scary story, or a thriller or a mystery, suspense is one of the key things…
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…
Making Sure You Don’t Have A Passive Protagonist
On The Table Read, JJ Barnes writes about why having a passive Protagonist in your story is a problem, and…
How To Make Your Scenes Plot Relevant
On The Table Read, JJ Barnes gives writing advice to make sure your scenes are plot relevant, and why it…
How To Deal With Writer’s Block
On The Table Read, JJ Barnes explores techniques you can use to deal with writer's block, why it strikes, and…
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…
How To Write Narrative Triplets In The Style Of Serenity
On The Table Read, JJ Barnes discusses the film Serenity and the writing advice we can take from it for…
How To Edit Your Book
On The Table Read, JJ Barnes writes about how to edit your book, and the writing advice she has to…
How To Create Good Characterisation
On The Table Read, JJ Barnes writes about Mr McGregor in Peter Rabbit The Movie, and what writing advice we…
How To Write Set Up And Pay Off In The Style Of Die Hard
On The Table Read, JJ Barnes writes about Die Hard, and what writing advice we can take about set up…
How To Write Flashbacks
On The Table Read, JJ Barnes explores the techniques you can use to write flashbacks into your story, and the…
How To Write Multiple Antagonists in one story
JJ Barnes writes about different styles of Antagonist and gives writing advice to use multiple Antagonists in one story. She…
How To Write Multiple Protagonists
On The Table Read, JJ Barnes has writing advice to create a story with multiple protagonists.