Where Normal Need Not Apply
Character descriptions are often necessary in a story, but can be boring. Here’s Angela Ackerman’s 7 tips for how we can keep our character descriptions from slowing our story.
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The online world can be wonderful or overwhelming (or sometimes both at the same time). What does it mean to go offline in our super-connected world?
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Most writers help each other, but it’s also nice to have a closer group of writing friends that we can reach out to. How can we build our group of friends?
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Out in the world, conflict is usually considered a bad thing, but our stories need it. How much conflict does our story need and how can we add more?
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There are many types of goals we have to juggle when writing, and conflict between our storytelling goals can make that juggling act more difficult.
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It’s that time of year again. My nine-year blogiversary is coming up on July 12th. And I’m once again amazed by the fact that I’ve been writing this blog for nine years. How can something feel like yesterday and forever at the same time?
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We might have heard that the purpose of the plot is to reveal character. What does that mean and how can understanding it help our storytelling?
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A tweet along the lines of “I ran out of books in my to-be-read pile” shocked me. How do we find books to read and how can we can expand our choices?
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Our characters don’t want to change, so they often start with passive internal goals. How we can make those passive goals work for us and our story?
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It’s time for another post as a Resident Writing Coach over at Writers Helping Writers, and this time we’re talking about how to choose good story goals.
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