How To Write A Redemption Arc
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When you arc a character, you take them from one mental state to another, and you let your audience in on that...
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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 Follow Your Story Not Your Plot
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Planning your story well can make the writing process easier. You won't wander off on side adventures or get muddled as you...
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 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 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...
Reasons Why Moral Purity Can Break Your Characters
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To keep your audience caring about your Protagonist, the temptation will be to make them morally pure. I'll be talking you through...
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 Perspective Hopping
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When you're writing your story, it's a good idea to write from the perspective of one of the characters. It allows your...
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...
How To Write A Conflict Engine For An Episodic Story
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For a successful series, you need more than just the long form conflict. Something needs to happen each episode to tell a...