How Much of Yourself Is in Your Writing?
How much of yourself is in your writing? This question can dig much deeper into who we are than just the superficial, and the more we’re aware of our influences, the more we can improve our stories.
Pin ItWhy Is Head Hopping Considered Lazy Writing?
Several writing craft issues tend to be hallmarks of what’s called “lazy writing.” The practice of head hopping is usually considered lazy writing, but we might not understand why it earns that label. Let’s learn more and see how we can avoid head hopping and the “lazy writing” trap.
Pin ItHow to Create a Redeemable Villain — Guest: Becca Puglisi
We all love a “good” villain, but sometimes we want our bad guy to see the light and find redemption (or at least start on that path). Becca Puglisi is here to show us how with four paths to redemption for our villain.
Pin ItHow to Create Positive Themes Despite Bittersweet Endings
Because our themes live in the subtext, it’s easy to create unintended themes that undermine our intended theme. That risk increases if we’re trying to create success themes but our story has a bittersweet ending.
Pin ItAre Unintended Themes Undermining Your Story?
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 find and fix the mixed messages undermining our story’s themes.
Pin ItWriting Craft Master Lists: Filling in the Blanks—Theme Development
We’ve been working to ensure my mega-lists of writing craft skills for story development, line editing, and copy editing are as complete as possible. Today, we’re diving into a deeper explanation of theme development.
Pin ItWriting Craft: Master List of Copy Editing Skills
Learn what skills to study with my master list of Copy Editing skills. What craft skills do we need to understand and be able to apply to perfect our writing?
Pin ItWriting Craft: Master List of Line Editing Skills
Learn what skills to study with my master list of Line Editing skills. What craft skills do we need to understand and be able to apply to develop our voice and writing?
Pin ItStory Immersion: How Can We Improve Our Readers’ Experience? — Guest: Jefferson Smith
Beyond the vague instruction to “write well,” what can we do to increase the connection readers feel with our story? Jefferson Smith shares specific things we can do that will make our stories more immersive.
Pin ItDeep POV and Hidden Messages in Subtext — Guest: Lisa Hall-Wilson
Deep POV relates the story from inside our character’s head, and subtext hides meanings between our words. Together, those concepts develop our characters and the relationship between them.
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