Why Character Stereotypes Are a Good Thing
Stereotypes can be successfully applied in two ways: we can use them and we can play off them.
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Stereotypes can be successfully applied in two ways: we can use them and we can play off them.
As writers, the one thing we can’t afford is not to daydream.
Tips for distilling your settings to the perfect number.
Finding perfect harmony between ordinary and extraordinary will produce just the right about of conflict between the character and his setting.
This charming little story features almost all of the important tenets of a story arc.
Rewriting can be both fun and easy. Following are some of the tricks I’ve learned along the way.
When authors whose stories have impacted the world start talking, we start listening. Take a look at the following collection of wisdom on a myriad of writing topics. Be instructed, and be inspired!
At times, procrastination can seem like an incurable disease. Fortunately, however, I have an infallible solution, and it can be summed up in three little words.
Just as we light our own torches from the fires of other authors, our own ideas will throw sparks onto the tinder of others’ imaginations.