by Ali | Apr 29, 2019 | Fiction
What’s a Character Arc, Who Needs One, and Why? You’ve probably come across the idea of a “character arc” before now … but what is it, and why’s it called that? A character arc isn’t the same thing as your plot. It’s the progression of your character as a person...
by Ali | Apr 22, 2019 | Fiction
Seven Common Problems Writers Have With Characters Most writers love creating characters and writing about them – but it can be a struggle to get characters right. If you’re normally quite plot-focused, you might find yourself creating characters who are lifeless...
by Ali | Apr 16, 2019 | Fiction
Making Bad Things Happen to Good Characters This post was first published in August 2015, and updated in April 2019. Kudos to LycoRogue for inspiring it. Do you have a hard time hurting your characters? Maybe it’s pretty easy with some of them. (For me, villains are...
by Ali | Apr 2, 2019 | Motivation
Four Fantastic Tools and Resources to Help You Stop Procrastinating and Get the Writing Done We’ve spent the past few weeks taking a deep look at procrastination, from the issue of why writers procrastinate to specific tips for staying focused (and for...
by Ali | Mar 25, 2019 | Motivation
Have a Great Writing Session: Five Ways to Focus … and Five Ways to Refocus Do you find it hard to concentrate when you’re writing? Is it all too easy for your attention to wander – and for you to end up wasting time that should have been spent on your project...
