Writing Advice

Reasons Why Moral Purity Can Break Your Characters

To keep your audience caring about your Protagonist, the temptation will be to make them morally pure. I'll be talking…

4 years ago

How To Use Time-Locks To Make Your Story Exciting

One of the most important ways to write a story that is entertaining is by keeping the stakes high. If…

4 years ago

How To Write A Dystopian Story

Dystopian fiction deals with a future where the world has been changed, and not for the better. They are entertaining…

4 years ago

How To Use A Story Prompt

A story prompt is the seed of a story. It's a sentence or an idea designed to spark your imagination.…

4 years ago

How To Start Writing In 2021

2021 can be the year of your story. The year you finally get to write "The End." And I can…

4 years ago

How To Write A Protagonist That Matters

The Protagonist of your story is the main character. It's the person you will spend the most time with, the…

4 years ago

Why Killing Henchmen Can Make Your Hero Unlikeable

The problem with henchmen is that if you're writing a hero who is intended to be morally pure, you can't…

4 years ago

How To Write A Character Arc From Bad To Good

The best stories take characters on a journey. They are changed and shaped by the events in your story and…

4 years ago

How To Write Perspective Hopping

When you're writing your story, it's a good idea to write from the perspective of one of the characters. It…

4 years ago

How To Write Cosmic Narcissism

The belief that in a Universe so huge, so vast and undiscovered, that some huge power would choose to change…

4 years ago

How To Write A Conflict Engine For An Episodic Story

For a successful series, you need more than just the long form conflict. Something needs to happen each episode to…

4 years ago

How To Write A Sex Scene That Feels Real And Exciting

When you're reading about a romance between two characters, assuming they're adults, sex is a likely outcome. Letting your audience…

4 years ago

How To Avoid Writing In A White Box

When you're watching a film or a play, the setting of your story is immediately apparent. It's created by set…

4 years ago

Why You Should Make Your Characters Suffer

I'll be exploring how making your characters suffer is important for keeping the conflict active, keeping your story entertaining, and…

4 years ago

How To Write Unresolved Sexual Tension

There are various ways you can keep your audience invested in finding out what happens in your story, but here…

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