Suspense is one of the best ways to keep your readers hooked...but poorly done suspense can make your story fall flat or become way too predictable. Follow these five tips to write exciting and thrilling stories.
Category: Tips and Tricks
How to Write a Magic System
Writing a magic system can be fun, interesting, and challenging at times. Each magic system will have its own rules, patterns, quirks, and exceptions. A reader might never know all of them, but it is essential for the author to know each and every one so they can write from a place of knowledge, understanding, and authority.
“What Should I Write?” 5 Questions To Find Your Topic and Start Writing
What should I write? Use these questions to help bloggers, freelance writers, authors, students, those with writer's block, or anyone who wants to write find their topic.
Quick Tip #12
When starting a story, write at least five small anecdotes about your main character that are not related to the plot and may never be used within your story. This allows you to get to know your character better and they will come off the page as a much more well-rounded character even if you… Continue reading Quick Tip #12
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Quick Tip #11
Writing a villain? Within the first meeting, include these three things to make them terrifying but utterly compelling to readers. A dangerous or “evil” conviction they hold and why Something they have lost as a result Something/someone they love (not obsessed, that’s different) or care about deeply (people are generally best but it still works… Continue reading Quick Tip #11
5 Tips for Making and Maintaining a Writing Schedule
Writing isn't easy. I think most writers will agree with me. Some days, words seem to fly from your fingers and other times, you stare at the screen blankly. I get it. One of the best ways to combat that is to have some sort of writing schedule. Now, this should be extremely customizable to… Continue reading 5 Tips for Making and Maintaining a Writing Schedule
5 Tips for Writing About Covid-19
As bloggers and writers, we have a few things we should keep in mind as we write about the coronavirus. Here are my five steps to writing about Covid-19.
Twisted Tales: 5 Tips for Writing a Fairy Tale Retelling
Creating your own fairy tale retelling, or "twisted tale", is fun and exciting! Here are five tips to help from my own experience.
Five Great YA Book Series To Get Lost In
I love a great written series of books where I get to follow the characters, fall in love with them, and see a much larger journey than any stand alone book can give. BUT, I hesitate to start series I don't know much about because they can be some big time commitments and, by the… Continue reading Five Great YA Book Series To Get Lost In
