Characterisation Lessons In The US Office
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On The Table Read, “The Best Book Reader Magazine in UK“, JJ Barnes writes about the writing in The US Office and...
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How To Write A Boring Scene In An Interesting Way
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Written by JJ Barnes www.jjbarnes.co.uk Naturally you want your story to be interesting. If your story is boring, you’ll lose the attention...
Agatha Harkness And Writing The Perfect Villain Turn
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JJ Barnes explores how Agatha Harkness in WandaVision is given the perfect villain turn, and writing techniques to recreate the effect.
How To Write A Human Villain That Is Scarier Than A Monster – Max Cady In Cape Fear
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Written by JJ Barnes www.jjbarnes.co.uk Some stories need a scary character. Thrillers, mysteries and horrors all need a bad guy to torment...
Why Thanos Is The Protagonist Of Avengers: Infinity War
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Written by JJ Barnes www.jjbarnes.co.uk If you have seen the Avengers films, then you’ll be familiar with chief Bad-Guy, Thanos. I will...
Examples Of The Inciting Incident In Films And Books
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Written by JJ Barnes www.jjbarnes.co.uk The Inciting Incident is the moment that starts your story. Before this moment, your character is just...
How To Write Perseverance As A Character Trait
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Your characters will all have different qualities. You need to give your characters distinct personalities to ensure they are clean and interesting....
How To Write A Successful Protagonist Partnership
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On The Table Read, “The Best Book Reader Magazine in the UK“, author JJ Barnes describes what a Protagonist Partnership is, what...
Top Reasons Why Your Audience Will Love A Character Who Will Risk It All
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To make sure your audience is fully invested in seeing if your Protagonist gets what they want, you need to show them...
Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Write An Expert Protagonist
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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
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The pace of your story is how quickly it moves from one plot point to another, and is controlled by the details...
How To Write A Dystopian Story
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Dystopian fiction deals with a future where the world has been changed, and not for the better. They are entertaining because they're...
Why Killing Henchmen Can Make Your Hero Unlikeable
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The problem with henchmen is that if you're writing a hero who is intended to be morally pure, you can't have just...
How To Write A Character Arc From Bad To Good
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The best stories take characters on a journey. They are changed and shaped by the events in your story and come out...
How To Write Cosmic Narcissism
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The belief that in a Universe so huge, so vast and undiscovered, that some huge power would choose to change and shape...