The Writer's Workout

From the moment we are born, we are advancing—whether we would like to or not. Old, smaller teeth fall out and get replaced with new,...

Have you ever been reading a story and you can’t put it down? The plot is engaging, the characters are dynamic, and then just as you’re flying through the pages, the puzzle pieces finally click together, your mouth drops open, and you internally (or externally, I don’t judge) just go, “WOAH.”  That’s the “Aha!” moment, or as we call it in writing, the full circle of foreshadowing. Foreshadowing is when the writer starts to hint at what is to come. This device is used for many

“Show, don’t tell” is a well-worn anecdote that any aspiring writer has probably heard dozens of times—from well-meaning English...

One of the key elements of successful character development is knowing your character’s backstory, even though character development in...

A woman sits in the corner of a small dark room, crumpled in a chair, her back hunched and her legs drawn up to her chest. She sits...

Perspective is basically how a character experiences and interprets their world. In this blog, I want to explain perspective through its...

One device often used in fiction is a trope. Tropes are common themes seen across a wide range of stories. There are multiple kinds of...