All secondary characters think the story is about them
Secondary characters shouldn’t take over the plot, but they need more motivation than existing to simply move the story forward.
All stories utilize tension, but each genre incorporates it differently. Stories, and the tension in them, are not the same. Epic fantasy, thrillers, and other action oriented novels rely on the tension built by ‘what...
A recent post over at the Guild of Dreams had me thinking about how I handle background information in my stories. Not that I don’t think about background quite a lot. I do! I love...
What do you think of when I say ‘the dark forest’ or ‘the magical glade’ or even the ‘the tiny village’? I like this dark forest! Ideas – preconceived ideas – immediately spring to mind,...
I’ve been on a forced writing break, beginning back in early August (which you’ve probably noticed in the extreme lack of new posts here!). I say forced because I didn’t want to take a break....
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