Why Romance is Necessary Regardless of Genre
Anyone who has taken so much as a cursory glance at my blog may have gleaned the idea that I’m a bit of a romantic, and it’s true. I’ve written […]
Category Archives: Plot Devices
Your plots need to be driven by something. Make sure you have the correct driver behind the wheel.
Things to Avoid in your Writing #6: White Washing
This post is a bit of a spin-off of my Stereotypical Characters, as well as Foreign Languages posts. While I wrote the former to illustrate the dangers of lazy character […]
How Do Your Characters Deal with Societal Norms? Pt. 2
Before I begin, I just want to say that if you missed Part 1 of this post series, you can find it here. So, like I said last week, there […]
How Do Your Characters Deal with Societal Norms? Pt. 1
Before I begin I just want you all to know that this will be a two-part post series. Part 2 can be found here in a week’s time. Recently a […]
Things to Avoid in your Writing #５: Stagnation
Stagnation. It’s a terrible thing. We’ve all seen it before. The perfect example is standing water. What happens to it again? It gets filthy, the lack of movement leads to […]
Hero Archetype #9 — The Bad Ass Woman
When I was thinking about what to write this post about, I realized I overlooked something that is all too obvious to me. As I’ve mentioned before in a previous post, […]
Permanently Left of Center
There’s a concept I alluded to in Friday’s post about the Big Bad Wolf called Permanently Left of Center. As I briefly explored in that post, I stated that someone’s […]
Things to Avoid in your Writing #4: Losing Your Balance
One giant mistake I tend to make in writing, even to this day (thank God for my editor…), is that I don’t put enough narrative in my first drafts. Odd […]
Hero Archetype #8 — The Mentor
They say there are two important relationships everyone must, and will, have in their lives. To have a mentor, and then to later be a mentor. This statement made sense […]
4 Keys to Crafting an Excellent Plot Twist pt. 1
Before I begin I just want to say that this post ran long so I divided it up into two parts. Part 2 will be up in a week’s time. […]
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