On the Siren Stories YouTube Channel, JJ Barnes presents The Table Read creative writing advice series. In today's video, she…
Written by JJ Barnes www.jjbarnes.co.uk When you ask people how their time at school went, you're likely to get one…
Your characters will all have different qualities. You need to give your characters distinct personalities to ensure they are clean…
Urban fantasy is a genre where fantasy creations, such as witches and monsters, exist within our normal mundane world. Sometimes…
Your characters need to represent a real to life experience of being around people. Characters that read as artificial will…
Your characters need to feel like real people, so I teach you how to use emotional bruises to shape your…
If you've been exploring different kinds of writing advice, you'll no doubt have come across the advice to write drunk…
When you first start writing your story, you'll probably go in knowing who your Protagonist is. Your protagonist is the…
The characters of your story are the main draw for your audience. Your plot and world can be fascinating, but…
Your story follows your Protagonist on a journey to achieve a story goal, and your Antagonist trying to stop them.…
On The Table Read, "The Best Book Reader Magazine in the UK", author JJ Barnes describes what a Protagonist Partnership…
On The Table Read, "The Best Book Reader Magazine in the UK", author JJ Barnes shares her tips for how…
When you start your story, you will most likely put in an emotional support system around your Protagonist. You give…
To make sure your audience is fully invested in seeing if your Protagonist gets what they want, you need to…
Keeping your audience caring about this story, these characters, is essential. It means they'll finish this story, then trust you…