By Joy C. Woodbury “Why would I ever want to kill my hero?” you may be asking as you click this article. Rarely in...
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Beginner’s Guide to Writing a Realistic Hero
By Rei Lovik Once I saw a hero cry. And laugh. And crack a joke. Once I heard them say they were...
8 of the Best Protagonists of All Time (and What We Can Learn From Them)
By Rachel Leitch Think of your favorite protagonist.Chances are it might be an iconic name like Anne Shirley,...
3 Steps to Choosing Your Next Writing Project
Millions of ideas are floating in your brain and scattered on paper. Half-finished projects galore are on your...
How to Write Everyday – 12 Accountability Strategies to Keep You on Track
You want to be a writer.You want to write a novel.You want to own a stack of books with your name on the inside...
How To Defeat Writer’s Block: 21 Expert Writers Share Their Secret
We've all been there, staring at a blank laptop screen, wondering why it's so impossible to write one sentence when...
How to Finish Your First Draft – 9 Reasons Why You Haven’t Yet
You want to write a novel.But you still haven’t finished your first...
The Better Books Survey Results – Part 1
Have you ever wanted to know exactly how to write a book that readers will love? What if they told you how to do it?...
Three Steps for Beginning a Poem
Morning is an important time of day for many reasons, not least of which is that it’s where we tend to begin. At the...
Five Ways to Craft Believable Poetry
Poorly crafted fiction isn’t the only thing that can cause readers to squint in disbelief. Samuel Taylor...
Three Tips for Writing Realistic Character Arcs
What’s worse than an unbelievable plot that breaks every rule of reality?An unrealistic character arc.From the first...
How Subplots Can Magnify the Emotional Depth of Your Story
Subplots don’t randomly crop up. Not good ones anyway. Like the main plot, a subplot must have a purpose and drive an...