Learn three effective character development methods used by fiction writers, from sketching and discovery to improvisation.

You’ll find valuable advice available at all stages of the writing process. Joseph Lallo gives us practical examples of when and how to listen to advice.

How can we avoid the pitfalls of bad magic? Joseph Lallo takes us through elements of good magic: compelling rules, limits, and well-thought out components.

Save those scenes. Free your darlings and use them later with Joseph Lallo's Bad Idea Exercise. Then wait for the right moment to make something of them.

Don’t waste words. Every scene is critical. Joseph Lallo shows us how to make scenes important and weave them into a powerful story that matters to readers.