What are the differences between a writer, an author, and an artist? Consider these seven thoughts on how writers can elevate their craft to the next level.

Check out my top tips for how to organize and how to use your outline notes, however few or many they may be, while writing your first draft.

Here are five crucial questions you can use to gut-check yourself about whether or not you have successfully married your plot and theme.

One of the best ways to approach the complex topic of theme is through the realization that you can use theme to create character arc–and vice versa.

Check out four surprisingly marvelous pacing tricks you can use to grab your audience’s attention and keep them riveted throughout your story.

Boiling your story down to a pithy thematic principle can sometimes seem overly simplistic, but this is exactly what makes it a valuable tool.

No matter what type of story you write, its success will arise from the balance of its three most important pieces: plot, character, and theme.

When your writing is hard, here are a few practicable steps that will help you move toward a solution for your situation’s unique challenges.

Writers must use paragraph breaks to direct a reader’s experience of the story’s action and pacing. Here are three guiding principles to keep in mind.