The Writer's Workout

Every aspect of a story has to be intentional. Not only is this a great way to hook your reader, it also helps build a long-term...

Writing a story is like sculpting a statue, carefully chiseling away at ideas to break them down and create something new and whole....

You’ve filled pages and pages with notes on intricate world-building information for your next novel: region names, family lineages, new...

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...

For this Back to Basics mini-course, we’re talking about the five senses and their role in description. Each Back to Basics course...

For this Back to Basics mini-course, we’re talking about personification. Each Back to Basics course includes a challenge at the end to...

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