How To Write A Sex Scene That Feels Real And Exciting
When you're reading about a romance between two characters, assuming they're adults, sex is a likely outcome. Letting your audience…
How To Avoid Writing In A White Box
When you're watching a film or a play, the setting of your story is immediately apparent. It's created by set…
Why You Should Make Your Characters Suffer
I'll be exploring how making your characters suffer is important for keeping the conflict active, keeping your story entertaining, and…
How To Write Unresolved Sexual Tension
There are various ways you can keep your audience invested in finding out what happens in your story, but here…
How To Tell Your Audience What Your Story Is About
When your audience comes to your story, whether reading or watching, they won't necessarily know what your story is about.…
How To Plan Your Story Effectively
When you come up with an initial idea for a story, it can be very exciting. Perhaps you've invented a…
How To Write An Interesting Villain – The Silence Of The Lambs
When it comes to constructing a villain in your story, you need to put as much care and time into…
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…
How To Write Your Protagonist Transition From Passive To Active
The Protagonist of your story is the main character. You join them at the beginning of the story, and ride…
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…
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…
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…
How And Why We Need To Write Character Weaknesses
Your Protagonist has to have strengths to make them worthy of being your Protagonist. You're telling a story about them…
How To Write A Character Friendship
Most people have a friend. At least one. Someone they talk to and share their fears with, reflect on their…
How To Write Body Language
You need your story to move forward, and character interaction is a big part of that. However, not all communication…