The Writer's Workout

The Writer’s Workout lists pacing as one of our Core Concepts because it has a massive impact on each story we write. Strong pacing pulls...

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

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

Pacing is an unavoidable part of storytelling. Even when you aren’t thinking about it, your story will have a pace because the sections...

Imagine your story as a roller coaster (I’m partial to the Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster at Disney World). From the moment your readers strap...

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

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