Writing Advice

Pantsing Vs Plotting
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Pantsing Vs Plotting – A Guide to The Writing Techniques

On The Table Read, JJ Barnes writes about pantsing and plotting, the difference between the to writing techniques, and the benefits to...

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Writing Description In Your Prose
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Why Too Much Description Can Make Your Story Boring

On The Table Read, JJ Barnes gives writing advice for how much description to use in your story to keep it interesting...

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Writing The Death Of A Mentor
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Top Reasons To Write The Death Of A Mentor

On The Table Read, JJ Barnes writes about the death of a mentor, what it does for character development, and her writing...

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How To Write Your Midpoint
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How To Write Your Midpoint

Your first act is setting up what they want, the second act is where they start to pursue it, and the third...

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How To Write In A 3 Act Structure
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How to write in a three act structure – SPOILERS – Die Hard

On The Table Read, JJ Barnes gives writing advice about story structure in the film Die Hard and how we can recreate...

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How To Be Inspired by Other Writers Without Losing Your Own Voice
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How to be inspired by other writers without losing your own voice

On The Table Read, JJ Barnes explores how to use the writing of others to inspire your own work.

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How To Write Narrative Triplets Spiderman Into The Spiderverse
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How to write Narrative Triplets – Spider-Man Into The Spiderverse

To explain how and why you use Narrative Triplets in your writing, I am referencing the film Spider-Man Into The Spiderverse, so...

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How To Use An Unreliable Narrator
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How to use an Unreliable Narrator – writing advice featuring The Girl On The Train

Most of the time when you go into reading a book or watching a film, there will be a person who's telling...

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Taking Your Characters From The Mundane To The Magical
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How To Take Characters From Our World Into A Magical World

Taking your characters from the mundane to the magical, a technique used in most fantasy stories, when you take your character from...

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What Is The Inciting Incident
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How To Write The Inciting Incident Of Your Story

I'm going to explain what the "Inciting Incident" is in your story, where to put it, what it's used for, and how...

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Who Are The Protagonist And The Antagonist
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How To Write The Protagonist And Antagonist Of Your Story

If you're a writer you'll have heard the terms "protagonist" and "antagonist," and you might have a baseline familiarity with what they...

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How To Use Narrative Triplets JOKER
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Narrative Triplets In Joker And How To Recreate Them In Your Own Writing

Narrative Triplets is a story tool that you can use to make you story progress and keep it interesting. When a Narrative...

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Ways To Improve And Grow Your Vocabulary
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Ways to improve and grow your vocabulary to become a better writer.

Viewer Gareth Shelley asked a question about how important a big vocabulary is when you want to write a book, and how...

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The First Piece Of Advice That I Give Anyone Who Wants To Write A Book
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The First Piece Of Writing Advice That I Give To Anyone Who Wants To Write A Book

When you're a writer, people will often tell you that they too want to write a book. They have ideas, maybe a...

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