Stories are powerful, and I truly believe that stories have the power to change the world. With stories we can…
Assuming you're writing commercial fiction designed to sell, rather than just a personal project never intended to be read by…
A plot twist is a sudden change in your story that your audience don't see coming, such as a reveal…
The resurrection of characters that have died can be a dramatic game changer that enhances your story, however, if used…
Characters that start out as enemies, and through the course of the story turn into friends or lovers is quite…
If you are planning a series of books or films, then you need to write the first one in a…
If you are writing something absolutely devastating in your story, such as a heartbreak or death scene, it's natural as…
I've written before about how your Protagonist and your Antagonist both have to be motivated to go after what it…
If in your story you have a character that needs to learn a piece of information that is crucial to…
If you want to tell a story that focuses on plot and character, such as love story, action adventure, or…
When you're writing dialogue in your story, try and make sure it reads like people actually speak, rather than reading…
Your character's back story is their history and life prior to your jumping in point for this story. I'm going…
If you're writing a book or script where there is risk or peril, and you want your audience to believe…
When you're writing a story, it's obviously important to make sure your Protagonist is well motivated. However, if your Antagonist…
When you write a story, quite often you'll find that you will write your Protagonist to be an essentially "perfect"…