Today, my military and intelligence veteran writing partner and I are showing ways characters can protect themselves in their homes against impending threats.

To engage readers' feelings, writers can threaten the protagonist readers have come to know and love. This is where emotion amplifiers can be useful.

Margie Lawson shares from her deep editing tips.
Writing one book a year?
You can use more of her deep editing techniques!

So much advice out there describes conflict as “the obstacle preventing the protagonist from achieving the goal.” This is technically true, but also false.

There are countless ways you can name your characters. Eldred Bird shares several ways he likes to approach naming his characters.