Articles

As a reminder—everything in these articles is opinion, not necessarily fact. Just because a technique has worked for me doesn’t mean it’s THE WAY to write or that it’ll work for you. Becoming a writer is an ever-evolving process. I keep learning, so it’s possible that I may contradict myself in different articles. As always, take what works and drop the rest.
- A GOOD BAD GUY: Or How To Take Your Villain Out Of His Cardboard Box And Make Him 3-D
- CASTING A STORY
- CONFLICT: Where’s the Meat?
- DECISIONS: Revving the Story Engine
- EVERY HERO NEEDS A FRIEND: Or the Importance of Secondary Characters
- HURTS SO GOOD: Making Your Characters Suffer to Heal Them
- IT’S MY WORLD: How Perception Affects Action
- LEAP OF FAITH: Fall or Fly
- MAGIC MOMENTS
- MOTIVATION: The Why Of Story
- ONCE UPON A TIME: Setting up a Story Plan
- PACING FOR IMPACT
- PERSPECTIVE: Using Point of View to Focus a Scene
- PLAYING WITH THE MUSE
- REVISION: The Macro to Micro Method
- RISING TO THE OCCASION: How a Story’s Final Battle Gives it Meaning
- STORY DECONSTRUCTION: Learning to Write by Taking Apart a Story
- THAT LOVIN’ FEELING: Putting Emotions On The Page
- THE CHEMISTRY OF RELATIONSHIPS
- THE HAPPY WRITER: An Oxymoron?
- THE MAGIC IS IN THE DETAILS
- THE POWER OF STRUCTURE
- THEME AS A CRUCIBLE FOR CHANGE: Or How to Cut a Brilliant Diamond
- TOP 10 FIXES THAT CAN MAKE A MANUSCRIPT SHINE
- YOUR CHARACTER’S COMFORT ZONE: How to Put Him in a Box to Free Him
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