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

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!

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

Writing Conflict: Love, Work, and Office Romance — 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.

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

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

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.

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

4 Tips for Creating the Right Impression of Our Characters

Last time, we discussed how to introduce our characters. Now, here are 4 tips for ensuring we’re giving readers the right impressions of our characters.

 Read More
4 Tips for Creating the Right Impression of Our Characters

How to Improve Our Story with Action Beats

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.

 Read More
How to Improve Our Story with Action Beats

How Do We Use Sequels with Our Scenes?

Of the many confusing words in the writing world, the worst might be the terms “scenes and sequels.” What’s the purpose of sequels and how do we write them?

 Read More
How Do We Use Sequels with Our Scenes?