What makes a villain fascinating? It’s not just about scaring the pants off the reader. The most terrifying thing a villain can do in a…
True story: When I was 17, I met an African storyteller. He traveled to distant parts of the world, collecting oral stories and writing them…
How do writers create fascinating monsters? For me, it’s a many-layered process that involves thinking about where a monster came from, what it’s after, how…
Before I became a published author, I used to carry around a writing notebook in my back pocket. You know the kind I’m talking about:…
When considering who gives out the best writing advice in the world, the first name that pops up might not be Arnold Schwarzenegger. But a…
Has your writing fallen into a black hole? Has your pacing dropped to a crawl, or your suspense become a snore? Do you just feel…
When a character in your story speaks a foreign language, should you write it out in that language, or in English? How can you make…
The Pomodoro Technique is deceptively simple. Set a timer for half an hour or so, ignore all distractions, and focus on your work. On the…
Theme seems to be one of those angst-triggering bogeymen that writers constantly wrestle with. But when you examine it closely, there’s really nothing complicated about…
Have you ever sat down to write, and found that everything you wrote seemed terrible? Every writer has felt that way, at one time or…
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