How To Write A Redemption Arc
When you arc a character, you take them from one mental state to another, and you let your audience in…
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…
How To Follow Your Story Not Your Plot
Planning your story well can make the writing process easier. You won't wander off on side adventures or get muddled…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…