Part two discusses the need for careful consideration of story stakes, overall pacing, and why words matter with examples of how word choices affect pace.
Category: How To’s
You Can Develop a Page-Turning Plot with Character First
Part one of two, discusses the Russian nesting dolls method of developing a story, including examples of how both pantsers and planners can use this method.
How to: Writing Dark Fiction When Reality Feels Dystopian
How to write dark dystopian fiction when reality feels like a dystopia. Including examples from writing the final book in The Fellowship Dystopia series.
Writing How-to: Create Characters Your Readers Love and Hate
Want to know why readers put down your books? Lynette M. Burrows discusses six common character problems that make readers put books down and how to fix them.
Create Compelling Scenes with the MRU
Learn about the motivation-reaction unit, (MRU), a tool from Dwight V. Swain’s Techniques of a Selling Writer, that can make your characters more realistic.