The Writer's Workout

As many great musings do, this think-piece all began with a Tumblr post. A few years ago, a rather irate user, “0l0x”, whose Tumblr header

Who doesn't love a villain? Or at least love to hate them? Writing villains might be the best part of storytelling

If you find William Shakespeare’s work a tad stuffy, or if you feel overburdened by the near inescapable crowd of theatre scholars who...

When you think of a villain, what do you imagine? The tyrannical dictator of a dystopian novel? The gruesome monster under the bed? The...

The Jester archetype can be used in so many different ways when it comes to writing a story.

Disclaimer: this review includes mild to moderate spoilers. Trigger warnings for the book: Parental death, fire, violence (moderate), car...

The dust settles as the hero defeats villain after villain before continuing their quest to defeat the antagonist. What happens then?...