✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Beginning Your Novel
It’s hard to begin a novel. Heck, it’s even hard to begin a blog post. Why? You only have a few lines to grab a reader and draw them into…
Love, Laugh, and Happiness
It’s hard to begin a novel. Heck, it’s even hard to begin a blog post. Why? You only have a few lines to grab a reader and draw them into…
Point of View A point of view is the perspective an author uses to give a glimpse into the world he’s created. The reader may experience this world directly through…
5 Writing Tips Use writing prompts to work your way out of writer’s block. Write for your readers not for success. Avoid adverbs whenever possible. Adverbs tell and don’t show…
Adopt the three-act novel approach. In this first act, introduce plot and character. In the second act, develop both your characters and the plot. In the third act, tie up…
In the world of your novel, no character should sound like the other. Instead of relying completely on dialogue tags, you can also lean on different speech patterns, and words…
Many writers have the tendency to write dialogue like they think it should sound. This often leads to cringe-worthy interactions where thees and thous are used incorrectly. On the other…
Let the reader know more than the protagonist does. However, don’t let the reader know every single thing about the characters. Don’t be afraid to let your protagonist fail. Make…
“Create an arc for your protagonist that changes him/ her in some way by the end of the story.” Source
Tension. It can spellbind your readers and leave them breathless, on the edge of their seats and biting their nails in anticipation for what will happen next. And, without it,…
What is a Motif? Motifs are recurring elements in a novel. Motifs can be physical objects, images, actions, sounds, symbols, or abstract ideas. The most important thing to note about…