I've been reading How To Write Short Stories for Magazines--and Get Published! by Sophie King. She gives wonderful tips on how to d...

I know I've said this before, but Elizabeth S. Craig has a great Twitter feed for writers ( @elizabethscraig ). Whenever I want to re...

Your Characters And The Importance Of Imperfection Perfect characters are boring. They need flaws, but not just any flaws. In her a...

First of all, I'd like to thank all the folks who contacted me with feedback about my last Starburst Method post:  The Starburst Meth...

How To Grab Your Reader In The First Few Paragraphs I've been reading Stephen King's work since I was 17. Before King, I'd...

Who is the most important character in your story? Your protagonist, right? Wrong! It's the antagonist. Or at least that's what J...

Martina, over at Adventures in YA & Children's Publishing , has written a fantastic post on characterization, one of the best I...

Some of the best characters aren't likable. For instance Sherlock Holmes, especially as brilliantly depicted by Benedict Cumberbatch...

I love Joanna Penn's blog over at The Creative Penn . After writing one post today about the business of writing ( Amazon's KDP S...

A Character's Needs Every character has needs, otherwise they'd be about as interesting as drying paint. So, here are a few p...