Making Sure You Don’t Have A Passive Protagonist
On The Table Read, JJ Barnes writes about why having a passive Protagonist in your story is a problem, and…
How To Create A Lie Your Protagonist Believes And Follows Until They Learn The Truth
On The Table Read, JJ Barnes explores how to write a lie that your Protagonist believes, and a story that…
Why You Should Know And Understand Your Genre
On The Table Read, JJ Barnes writes about why it is important for authors and filmmakers to know and understand…
How To Write Narrative Triplets In The Style Of Serenity
On The Table Read, JJ Barnes discusses the film Serenity and the writing advice we can take from it for…
How To Edit Your Book
On The Table Read, JJ Barnes writes about how to edit your book, and the writing advice she has to…
How To Create Good Characterisation
On The Table Read, JJ Barnes writes about Mr McGregor in Peter Rabbit The Movie, and what writing advice we…
How To Write Flashbacks
On The Table Read, JJ Barnes explores the techniques you can use to write flashbacks into your story, and the…
How To Write Multiple Protagonists
On The Table Read, JJ Barnes has writing advice to create a story with multiple protagonists.
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…
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…
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…
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…