The Writer's Workout

We really can’t help but love a good trope, can we? Got two characters headed to a hotel for a stay? I see what’s coming but I still get...

It’s a scene’s importance that determines its pace. Forgetting this fact can result in both minor and major scenes either being slowed...

I’ve been thinking a lot recently about how a character’s perspective shapes a story, and how a story takes its cues from its main...

Description. You’ve probably heard a lot about how too little of it affects the quality of your writing. You’ve even heard people say the...

Cohesion is all about the way the text flows and relates to itself and the message of the story. If the reader stumbles or sinks into the...

Many young writers have the same question: is my plot good enough? True, a good plot is essential to make a good story. But there is...

In the most basic of definitions, a backstory is anything that happens to a character before the beginning of the story. It’s often...