Eldred Bird breaks down multiple techniques for bringing the characters alive on the page.

#writing #hookthereader

Lori Freeland demonstrates when and how to "show don't tell," with lots of great examples and tips!

Fae Rowen I've been writing for twenty-five years. I started when an English-teacher friend suggested I write down the story that I thought about every night before I fell asleep. As a math teacher, I had no intention of writing a book, but I'd finished my first one, a medieval kind-of-fantasy-for-sure romance in only nine […]

Powerhouse instructor, Margie Lawson, shows how to make the most of hugs on the page. Take your hugs from "BLEH" to "YEAH!"

Jenny Hansen A few years back, I wrote a post called How To Focus on Your Story's DNA that identified the elements of story that never change. I use those unchanging elements to help keep my story on track. Theme is one of those important elements, and it's a tough one because most of the […]