Angela Ackerman is sharing 5 methods to dig into our character and find their inner conflict—and examples for how to implement the ideas too!

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How to Write Conflict without “Bad Guys” — Guest: Angela Ackerman

Our character’s job can be a source of story conflict, but how can we avoid clichés, especially with an office romance? Angela Ackerman shares her tips.

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Writing Conflict: Love, Work, and Office Romance — Guest: Angela Ackerman

Before we figure out how to tie our character’s occupation to the story, we might need to understand more about the job and what it means for them.

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What’s Our Character’s Job? Here’s Help (& a Giveaway)!

For dialogue attribution, action beats are more flexible than dialogue tags for our writing, adding details to our story and immersing readers in the scene.

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How to Improve Our Story with Action Beats

Many are struggling with anxiety, but stories have power in a crisis. Beyond the stories we write, there’s also the story we tell ourselves about our life.

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What’s Your Personal Story?

I’ve partnered up with Writers Helping Writers to bring you a PRIZE-PACKED Advent Calendar for Writers—and you could win one of my workshops!

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Holiday Giveaways and Workshop News!