How Foreshadowing Built To The Plot Twist In Fight Club
One of the best examples of foreshadowing to build to a plot twist is in the 1999 film, Fight Club. If you haven't seen Fight Club, this holds huge spoilers.…
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 and edit sober. It's given regularly, and often in a…
How To Start A Story
When you first start writing your story, and you're introducing your characters, it can be easy to feel stalled. There will be lots of world to explore and lots of…
How To Write The First In A Series
A series of books is a good way to bring in an audience, and then keep them around. If they get hooked on book one, your return readers are ready…
How To Write The Internal Conflict Of What Your Character Wants Vs Needs
Your Protagonist needs to be motivated throughout your story. They want something, they go after it, and your story follows that journey. However, what they want might not always be…
Why Your Story Needs Foreshadowing And How To Write It
Foreshadowing is the technique of hinting to your audience where your story is going, without actually telling them. It works to make your story flow and feel planned and prepared,…
Reasons To Make Your Antagonist Stronger Than Your Protagonist
When you're planning your story, one of the first jobs is to establish who your Protagonist and Antagonist are. Your Protagonist is your main character, the person who you are…
Reasons Why High Stakes Will Make Your Audience Love Your Story
Your story will follow your Protagonist, your main character, on their journey to try and get something they want or need in their lives. The stakes of your story are…
How To Blur The Lines Between Good And Evil
Blurring the lines between good and evil will make your characters developed and complex, and your story more interesting.
How To Write Likeable Characters
Your Protagonist, the main character, of your story usually need to be likeable. I say usually, because having a Protagonist who is unlikeable happens occasionally and it can work, but…
Why I Love To Write Books
I love to read, and now I'm in the privileged position that my job is to write. I love everything about it. My career started with blogs and articles, then…
Top Reasons To Stop Writing Gender Stereotypes Into Your Story Now
I've written before about how powerful fiction is, and how we can use our stories to do good in the world. Today I'm writing specifically about how we can use…
How To Write An Interesting Story Without Writing Info Dumps
Sometimes as part of your story, you'll have information that needs to be delivered in order for the story to make sense. This could be rules of magical lore within…
How To Successfully Write Death And Resurrection
The resurrection of characters that have died can be a dramatic game changer that enhances your story, however, if used too easily and without careful construction, it can have the…
How To Write Characters Transitioning From Enemies To Friends Or Lovers
Characters that start out as enemies, and through the course of the story turn into friends or lovers is quite a popular trope, and because it's popular it's used a…