writing technique

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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