How to be inspired by other writers without losing your own voice
On The Table Read, JJ Barnes explores how to use the writing of others to inspire your own work.
How to write Narrative Triplets – Spider-Man Into The Spiderverse
To explain how and why you use Narrative Triplets in your writing, I am referencing the film Spider-Man Into The Spiderverse, so this post does contain SPOILERS if you've not…
How to use an Unreliable Narrator – writing advice featuring The Girl On The Train
Most of the time when you go into reading a book or watching a film, there will be a person who's telling you the story, it might be the lead…
How To Take Characters From Our World Into A Magical World
Taking your characters from the mundane to the magical, a technique used in most fantasy stories, when you take your character from their normal life in their ordinary world that…
How To Write The Inciting Incident Of Your Story
I'm going to explain what the "Inciting Incident" is in your story, where to put it, what it's used for, and how to write it. I'll be referencing the film…
How To Write The Protagonist And Antagonist Of Your Story
If you're a writer you'll have heard the terms "protagonist" and "antagonist," and you might have a baseline familiarity with what they are, but you might not have a complete…
Narrative Triplets In Joker And How To Recreate Them In Your Own Writing
Narrative Triplets is a story tool that you can use to make you story progress and keep it interesting. When a Narrative Triplet is used it makes the story feel…
Ways to improve and grow your vocabulary to become a better writer.
Viewer Gareth Shelley asked a question about how important a big vocabulary is when you want to write a book, and how you can overcome the problem of a small…
The First Piece Of Writing Advice That I Give To Anyone Who Wants To Write A Book
When you're a writer, people will often tell you that they too want to write a book. They have ideas, maybe a character or a concept, but they're just not…