The Writer's Workout

As a writer (and reader) who is passionate about character-driven stories, I’ve picked up ways in which writers are able to write...

What Is Backstory? Backstory is a literary device used to present the history of a character before the events of a story begin. This...

Dialogue, as you may already know, is a conversation between two or more characters. In real life, people have conversations all the...

Writing doesn’t have vocal chords or speakers. It doesn’t create any sound you can hear with your ears. And yet, writing speaks to us,...

A note before we begin: This course is designed to help hearing writers achieve stronger flow and pacing. In our experience, deaf writers...

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

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