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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