This week’s video answers one of your questions about the finer points of distinction between these two important story catalysts.
Tempted to Give up on Your Story? Don’t!
This week’s video talks about the greatest lesson any novelist can learn.
6 Types of Courageous Characters
Readers adore courageous characters. We’ll forgive a character just about any flaw, but never cowardice.
Preparation Is Worth a Pound of Proofreading
This week’s video talks about the biggest lesson I learned while writing Dreamlander and why I probably shouldn’t have had to learn it.
Why Non-Writers Give the Best Critiques
Non-writers can’t bring technical knowledge of the craft to the table, but they bring something else: their objective experience as readers.
Pour on the Conflict
This week’s video reveals the varied layers of conflict we can choose to include in our stories—and why we want as many of those layers as possible.
How to Write Sympathetic Characters
This week’s video discusses a few ways to dig down to the sympathetic core of even the most uncooperative characters.
Are You Skimming Your Story’s Potential?
This week’s video talks about how getting all the obvious things right in a story isn’t always enough if you’re lacking one crucial element.
10 Stories With (Brilliant) Loose Ends
Creating the perfect ending isn’t easy, but we can boil it down to one essential objective: leave the reader with a feeling of satisfaction. How do we do that?
When Not to Use Your Antagonist’s POV
This week’s video highlights a specific type of scene that should almost never be told from the antagonist’s point of view.