Have you ever read a book you can’t put down? You know, one of those books that makes you stay up so late in the night that by the time you put it down the sun has already started to rise? I think all of us have read at least one book that was so […]
What is tension? (The Foundation of Making Your Writing Suspenseful) Read More »
Character creation is something I enjoy a lot in stories. It isn’t my favorite part of writing, but it is in the top ten. One of the reasons I enjoy writing characters is because I do not find it a hard thing to do. The first step of developing characters for me is finding the
Creating Characters: Three Ways to Find Ideas for Your Characters Read More »
Did you know that characters are really important to your story? You did, huh? Are you aware that there is a way to develop a character starting with only know that this character has a small scar on the tip of his finger? Oh, so you did watch my other episode on that?It is usually
Character Development is Second; Choosing the Right Character is First Read More »
I constantly talk about the idea that I think that the character is at the center of a story. You can agree or disagree with whether that is correct, but if it is correct that means that we should spend some time developing a character. Because I have a thousand different ideas about how to
An Easy Form of Character Development in Your Writing Read More »
I don’t think finding story ideas is difficult. If you went on a journey of asking any author whether it was difficult to find story ideas, you would only need to point to the millions of published books, and that author would have to agree that finding story ideas is easy. We exist in a
Developing Unique Story Ideas Read More »
Have you ever decided you wanted to write a book, but when you sit down to develop the ideas behind that story, you find that you never get out of the world building stage? All of us have gone through the same process. We draw a map. He fill in that map with countries and
World Building: Three Strategies and One Core Principle Read More »
Maybe you are looking at the world around you and all you see is a mass of gray blobs that are hard to differentiate from one another. Life seems boring. Life seems static. Life is heavy on your shoulders, and when you decide you want to write a book, you do not see anything that
Story Ideas: The 5 Best Places to Find Them Read More »
Are you someone who looks enviously at others who are able to come up with ideas without effort. If that is the case, this episode is for you. These epiphanies writers, artists, musicians, etc. . . have do not come from nowhere. They are a specific mental process. It only looks like these people are
Endless Story Ideas: Approaching Life as a Creative Read More »
This Item of Power Ezekiel groaned. He looked at the front door of the shop. He looked at the garbled shapes of letters painted on the glass. “Welcome,” the door read, but Ezekiel only knew what it said because of the countless times he had pulled open the door himself. Ezekiel’s eyes wandered from
One Last Toast for Ebenezer Fleet: Chapter Eight Read More »
The Devil in the Bathroom Papers shuffled in the open room. Pens scratched on wooden surfaces. A young man behind Isaiah sighed. Another in front of him threw his head back and rubbed his face in stress. Isaiah looked down from his seat. He looked across the classroom and over three dozen heads. He
One Last Toast for Ebenezer Fleet: Chapter Seven Read More »
