writing hacks

How To Find Your Story Conflict – Video

On the Siren Stories YouTube Channel, JJ Barnes presents The Table Read creative writing advice series. In today's video, she…

3 years ago

Why Schools Make A Perfect Story Setting

Written by JJ Barnes www.jjbarnes.co.uk When you ask people how their time at school went, you're likely to get one…

3 years ago

How To Write Perseverance As A Character Trait

Your characters will all have different qualities. You need to give your characters distinct personalities to ensure they are clean…

3 years ago

How To Write Magical Schools In Urban Fantasy

Urban fantasy is a genre where fantasy creations, such as witches and monsters, exist within our normal mundane world. Sometimes…

3 years ago

How To Write Personality Quirks

Your characters need to represent a real to life experience of being around people. Characters that read as artificial will…

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…

3 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 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