On YouTube, JJ Barnes asks who are you writing for? She explores the differences between writing for yourself and writing…
On The Table Read, "The Best Book Reader Magazine in UK", JJ Barnes writes about the writing in The US…
Written by JJ Barnes www.jjbarnes.co.uk Naturally you want your story to be interesting. If your story is boring, you'll lose…
JJ Barnes explores how Agatha Harkness in WandaVision is given the perfect villain turn, and writing techniques to recreate the…
Written by JJ Barnes www.jjbarnes.co.uk Some stories need a scary character. Thrillers, mysteries and horrors all need a bad guy…
Written by JJ Barnes www.jjbarnes.co.uk Avengers If you have seen the Avengers films, then you'll be familiar with chief Bad-Guy,…
Written by JJ Barnes www.jjbarnes.co.uk The Inciting Incident is the moment that starts your story. Before this moment, your character…
Your characters will all have different qualities. You need to give your characters distinct personalities to ensure they are clean…
Planning your story well can make the writing process easier. You won't wander off on side adventures or get muddled…
On The Table Read, "The Best Book Reader Magazine in the UK", author JJ Barnes describes what a Protagonist Partnership…
To make sure your audience is fully invested in seeing if your Protagonist gets what they want, you need to…
Your Protagonist is the main person in your story. You will spend the majority of the time riding on their…
The pace of your story is how quickly it moves from one plot point to another, and is controlled by…
One of the most important ways to write a story that is entertaining is by keeping the stakes high. If…
Dystopian fiction deals with a future where the world has been changed, and not for the better. They are entertaining…