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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…
To make sure your audience is fully invested in seeing if your Protagonist gets what they want, you need to…
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When you're writing your story, it's a good idea to write from the perspective of one of the characters. It…
The belief that in a Universe so huge, so vast and undiscovered, that some huge power would choose to change…
For a successful series, you need more than just the long form conflict. Something needs to happen each episode to…