A character’s fatal flaw is the primary obstacle they must overcome to reach their goal. Becca Puglisi shares how to identify and use these flaws.

Writing in multiple viewpoints is a great way to explore a story from more than one angle, but it creates problems if readers can’t tell who’s talking.

A character’s clothes can say a lot about them. Becca Puglisi shares how to zero in on a few details of your character's clothing to reveal without stating.

What exactly is a character archetype? How many are there? How are they different from character tropes? Becca dives in to make sense of these powerful tools.

by Becca Puglisi As I’m sure you’ve heard roughly a gajillion times, your story’s first pages are very important. Editors and agents typically request just a portion of your story’s opening, and potential buyers read only a sampling when they’re looking for books to buy. So whichever publishing route you take, those first pages are […]