
Overcoming Self-Doubt
I used to be amazed at the madness of my mind. One day, I think my writing is brilliant, and the next
While every story is unique, the history of literature is populated with reinterpretations of common themes. Through the lens of...
Copy editing is a specific type of editing that focuses on both the technical aspects of your writing and the...
A redemption arc is where an immoral character atones for their wrongdoings and earns their forgiveness. When humans first began...
As a writer, your goal is to keep your readers immersed by drawing them into the world your characters inhabit....
Think of story structure as the skeleton of your tale. We all have different lives, different styles, different appearances. But...
Every screenwriter dreams to one day have their own feature length film on the big screen. Regardless of how grand...
Coming of age is never easy. You might have been the popular kid in school, armed with academic excellence, physical...
Occasionally, tucked somewhere between an introduction, epigraph, and dedication, a book might have a prologue. This is the story before...
The first time you experienced the magic of storytelling, odds are it was a personal story you heard in first...
Magical realism invites the impossible into the ordinary. This genre asks us to accept the fantastical without question. The supernatural...
A powerful way to shift the perspective of your audience is to employ dramatic irony. This literary device lets the...
Picking a perspective is like choosing your weapon before a gladiator match; it limits and defines your style of approach....

I used to be amazed at the madness of my mind. One day, I think my writing is brilliant, and the next

Humans are full of paradoxes. We only love to the extent that we hate. We are constantly changing our minds, constantly renegotiating

Proximity Do our characters have to be two thousand miles apart, or three miles apart? If we are trying to convey a

Forward, he cried From the rear And the front ranks died. Pink Floyd (Us and Them) We can tell a whole

“To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination.” – Albert Einstein The rewrite

(Image from Life is Beautiful, 1997) If you’re going to write a tragedy, infuse your story with humor. Humor pulls us towards the

“You become a good writer just as you become a good joiner: by planing down your sentences.”– Anatole France There are no
I used to be amazed at the madness of my mind. One day, I think my writing is brilliant, and...
Humans are full of paradoxes. We only love to the extent that we hate. We are constantly changing our minds,...
Proximity Do our characters have to be two thousand miles apart, or three miles apart? If we are trying to...
Forward, he cried From the rear And the front ranks died. Pink Floyd (Us and Them) We can tell...
“To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination.” – Albert Einstein...
(Image from Life is Beautiful, 1997) If you’re going to write a tragedy, infuse your story with humor. Humor pulls...
“You become a good writer just as you become a good joiner: by planing down your sentences.”– Anatole France There...