This post continues my mini-series about how to introduce a character. I’ve already written about Exaggeration, Unusual Position and introdu...

It doesn’t matter how well a story is structured, or how clever the writing is, if it isn’t clear to readers what the text is meant to...

Transitions are tricky. In a scene you write in the moment, recording your character's thoughts, feelings, actions and—most imp...

Today I discuss Jack Bickham's advice about how to transform your story ideas into a novel. All quotations are from Mr. Bickham'...

I finally published the first episode of my book on writing: Parts of Story: Plot ! To celebrate, and to say a big, huge, massive t...