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Writing Character Appearance
Writing character appearance can be really tricky. How much do you show us? What’s important to discuss, and what can we leave out? What does your reader really care about? We’re going to answer these questions using my five point…
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How to Write Better Stories: 8 Tips You Can Apply to Your Work Today
Let's talk about the eight tips any writer can implement into their work today to write better stories. With these small changes, you'll start to build up your writerly toolbelt and gain that story-writing confidence. I've gathered these tips from…
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February Writing Prompts 2024
Happy February, writers! It's time for some new writing prompts. I've got new prompts, one for every day of the month, so check out these 29 writing prompts. You all know how much I love to focus on character development,…
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How to Write Characters in a Short Story
A lot of people treat short stories like mini-novels, but I will argue until the day I die that they are their own genre of writing and we should treat them as such. If you’re writing short stories the same…
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Different Types of Characters in Literature and How to Use Them
Creating characters that follow the three R’s of characterization is the most important skill a writer can master. If your characters aren’t round, relatable, and realistic, your story is likely to fall flat. You can strategically plan out your characters,…
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January Writing Prompts 2024
Happy New Year, writers! It's time for some January writing prompts. To help you kick off the New Year with a writing streak, check out these 31 writing prompts. You all know how much I love to focus on character…
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Dig A Little Deeper
You know how it is, you’ve just finished a series on Netflix and you’re not sure what to watch next, so you pick the first thing that looks vaguely interesting and give it a few minutes to catch your attention.…
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8 Applicable Tips to Help You Become a Better Story Writer
I have eight tips for you that you can apply to your writing today, and you’ll become a better story writer in no time. We’re going to talk about how to read more, how to write more, what prewriting you…
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What are Static Characters?
Today we are going to be breaking all the rules of writing. Let’s talk about how to write a main character of a story that doesn’t have a character arc. That’s right, a character that doesn’t grow, or change throughout…
