Writing Tips

How To Develop Your Characters By What Your Story Needs

When you first start writing your story, you'll probably go in knowing who your Protagonist is. Your protagonist is the…

3 years ago

How To Write Characters Who Feel Alive Beyond The Limitations Of Your Story

The characters of your story are the main draw for your audience. Your plot and world can be fascinating, but…

4 years ago

How To Keep Your Story Conflict Active In Every Scene

Your story follows your Protagonist on a journey to achieve a story goal, and your Antagonist trying to stop them.…

4 years ago

How To Write A Successful Protagonist Partnership

On The Table Read, "The Best Book Reader Magazine in the UK", author JJ Barnes describes what a Protagonist Partnership…

4 years ago

Top Ways To Build An Emotional Bond With Your Audience

On The Table Read, "The Best Book Reader Magazine in the UK", author JJ Barnes shares her tips for how…

4 years ago

Top Reasons To Rip Away Your Character’s Emotional Support System

When you start your story, you will most likely put in an emotional support system around your Protagonist. You give…

4 years ago

Top Reasons Why Your Audience Will Love A Character Who Will Risk It All

To make sure your audience is fully invested in seeing if your Protagonist gets what they want, you need to…

4 years ago

Top Reasons Why Side Adventures Make Your Audience Stop Caring

Keeping your audience caring about this story, these characters, is essential. It means they'll finish this story, then trust you…

4 years ago

How To Live Through Your Characters

The characters in your story are how your audience experiences your plot, so it's essential they feel real. If you…

4 years ago

Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Write An Expert Protagonist

Your Protagonist is the main person in your story. You will spend the majority of the time riding on their…

4 years ago

How To Control Your Story Pace

The pace of your story is how quickly it moves from one plot point to another, and is controlled by…

4 years ago

Reasons Why Moral Purity Can Break Your Characters

To keep your audience caring about your Protagonist, the temptation will be to make them morally pure. I'll be talking…

4 years ago

How To Use Time-Locks To Make Your Story Exciting

One of the most important ways to write a story that is entertaining is by keeping the stakes high. If…

4 years ago

How To Write A Dystopian Story

Dystopian fiction deals with a future where the world has been changed, and not for the better. They are entertaining…

4 years ago

How To Use A Story Prompt

A story prompt is the seed of a story. It's a sentence or an idea designed to spark your imagination.…

4 years ago