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Most of you know the feeling. You’ve been working hard, spending day in and day out working on this project. You’ve made outlines, characters, and written scene after scene. Then finally you write those magical two words. The End. Or perhaps you haven’t finished yet. You’re still working on those scenes and trying your best... Continue Reading →
Character Arcs. The thing that is perhaps almost as important as the plot of your story. If executed well, it can cause your story to stand out among others and can help your characters in amazing ways. A character without an arc is like a plot without structure. It doesn’t work very well and readers... Continue Reading →
If there’s one thing I love writing, it’s internal dialogue. Banter and action is fun, but internal dialogue will always be my favorite. I love writing my characters’ opinions and finding out what they think after a plot twist. But how exactly do you write internal dialogue? Figure out your character’s voice. The most important... Continue Reading →
I’ve been rewriting the first draft of my project, When Wings Break, for the past few weeks. It’s been a rather interesting process, and it’s helped my writing a lot, but there have been a few cons to it as well. So, today, I’m going to give you the pros and cons of rewriting your... Continue Reading →
Almost every story has one. Authors cackle as they write them. Readers faint from shock. Characters take three chapters just to understand what just happened because of them. I’m talking about plot twists. Plot twists are often the most important thing in the story. They directly move the characters and plot and keep the readers... Continue Reading →
Writing injuries well and realistically is essential to any story. Now, it’s pretty funny for me to be saying that, of all people. I’ve had *coughs* quite the history with my character’s injuries in the past. Such a history, that the term “injury magnet” is a widely known nickname between me and my friends for... Continue Reading →
We’ve all read those books and watched those movies that bring those quotes we can’t help but throw in a conversation. Or the conversations we can’t help but cry or leap for joy over. Writing impactful dialogue is (at times) hard. For some it comes easy to write those quotes. For others it can feel... Continue Reading →
I spent years not knowing what a character voice was. Let alone how to write a good one. After all, I was writing a character, wasn’t I writing their voice? Not necessarily. Character voice is an extension of a well developed character, but you could have a character with a horrible character voice. So, what... Continue Reading →
Is writing a lot of (sometimes junky) words better than taking it slow and making it good? I’ve made a lot of posts in the past about writing consistently and writing tons of words, but is writing lots of words better than taking it slow and writing for quality? That’s what I want to answer... Continue Reading →
Writing is hard sometimes. Every writer has those moments when they just feel like writing has gotten boring and stressful. But it shouldn’t be that way! More than likely, you began to love writing because it was fun! It was fun to create fictional people and walk alongside them in their journey. Or maybe you... Continue Reading →
Aliya Gerow 