How To Write A Good Inciting Incident
Written by JJ Barnes www.jjbarnes.co.uk The inciting incident of your story is the moment that triggers the start of your story conflict....
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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 if the...
How To Accept Bad Reviews And Still Keep Writing
Bad reviews are part and parcel of being a writer. It sucks and it can hurt really bad, but it's going to...
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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. As long...
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 is, what...
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 to build...
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 them friends,...
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 show them...
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 enough to...
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 write characters...
How To “Bleed Onto The Page”
You may have heard the expression "bleed onto the page" before, but what does it actually mean? You're obviously not supposed to...
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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 shoulders and...
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 the details...
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 you through...
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 your story...