How To Find Your Story Conflict – Video
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On the Siren Stories YouTube Channel, JJ Barnes presents The Table Read creative writing advice series. In today's video, she talks about...
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Why Schools Make A Perfect Story Setting
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Written by JJ Barnes www.jjbarnes.co.uk When you ask people how their time at school went, you’re likely to get one of two...
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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 Magical Schools In Urban Fantasy
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Urban fantasy is a genre where fantasy creations, such as witches and monsters, exist within our normal mundane world. Sometimes these magical...
How To Write Personality Quirks
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Your characters need to represent a real to life experience of being around people. Characters that read as artificial will stop your...
How To Shape Characters With Emotional Bruises
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Your characters need to feel like real people, so I teach you how to use emotional bruises to shape your characters in...
How To Use The Advice Of Write Drunk And Edit Sober
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If you've been exploring different kinds of writing advice, you'll no doubt have come across the advice to write drunk and edit...
How To Develop Your Characters By What Your Story Needs
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When you first start writing your story, you'll probably go in knowing who your Protagonist is. Your protagonist is the main character...
How To Write Characters Who Feel Alive Beyond The Limitations Of Your Story
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The characters of your story are the main draw for your audience. Your plot and world can be fascinating, but if the...
How To Keep Your Story Conflict Active In Every Scene
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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
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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 Ways To Build An Emotional Bond With Your Audience
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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
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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
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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...
Top Reasons Why Side Adventures Make Your Audience Stop Caring
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Keeping your audience caring about this story, these characters, is essential. It means they'll finish this story, then trust you enough to...