Writing Advice

How To Follow Your Story Not Your Plot

Planning your story well can make the writing process easier. You won't wander off on side adventures or get muddled…

3 years ago

How To Shape Characters With Emotional Bruises

Your characters need to feel like real people, so I teach you how to use emotional bruises to shape your…

3 years ago

How To Use The Advice Of Write Drunk And Edit Sober

If you've been exploring different kinds of writing advice, you'll no doubt have come across the advice to write drunk…

4 years ago

How To Develop Your Characters By What Your Story Needs

When you first start writing your story, you'll probably go in knowing who your Protagonist is. Your protagonist is the…

4 years ago

How To Write Characters Who Feel Alive Beyond The Limitations Of Your Story

The characters of your story are the main draw for your audience. Your plot and world can be fascinating, but…

4 years ago

How To Accept Bad Reviews And Still Keep Writing

Bad reviews are part and parcel of being a writer. It sucks and it can hurt really bad, but it's…

4 years ago

How To Keep Your Story Conflict Active In Every Scene

Your story follows your Protagonist on a journey to achieve a story goal, and your Antagonist trying to stop them.…

4 years ago

How To Write A Successful Protagonist Partnership

On The Table Read, "The Best Book Reader Magazine in the UK", author JJ Barnes describes what a Protagonist Partnership…

4 years ago

Top Ways To Build An Emotional Bond With Your Audience

On The Table Read, "The Best Book Reader Magazine in the UK", author JJ Barnes shares her tips for how…

4 years ago

Top Reasons To Rip Away Your Character’s Emotional Support System

When you start your story, you will most likely put in an emotional support system around your Protagonist. You give…

4 years ago

Top Reasons Why Your Audience Will Love A Character Who Will Risk It All

To make sure your audience is fully invested in seeing if your Protagonist gets what they want, you need to…

4 years ago

Top Reasons Why Side Adventures Make Your Audience Stop Caring

Keeping your audience caring about this story, these characters, is essential. It means they'll finish this story, then trust you…

4 years ago

How To Live Through Your Characters

The characters in your story are how your audience experiences your plot, so it's essential they feel real. If you…

4 years ago

Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Write An Expert Protagonist

Your Protagonist is the main person in your story. You will spend the majority of the time riding on their…

4 years ago

How To Control Your Story Pace

The pace of your story is how quickly it moves from one plot point to another, and is controlled by…

4 years ago