Allowing your story to ripen is a lot like allowing wine to age. The flavor becomes richer, deeper, and more complex.
https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/8-reasons-to-let-your-stories-ripen/
Category Archives: Creativity
How to Make a Character Sound Angry
In the beautiful land of show and not tell, it is sometimes difficult to show our characters emotions. Here are some tips from J. Timothy King on good ways to do that.
http://bethestory.com/2011/01/04/how-to-make-a-character-sound-angry
Judge Yourself Less, Trust Yourself More, and Write Better Stories
Being less hard on yourself for imperfections (however slight) can be the key to increased creativity.
https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/writing-perfectionism/
The Importance of Creativity Time
Taking the time to be creative is the doorway to most of the great things you want to be as a writer. Don’t skip it. Don’t avoid it. Dive through it and … enjoy. You’re welcome.
https://killzoneblog.com/2018/07/the-importance-of-creativity-time.html
What I wish I’d known at school: two instructions for making a creative life
Things you might also wish you had known earlier in life from Roz Morris.
External and Internal Conflict: The Killer Combination
Conflict is the fuel that powers your story to great heights. Using both external and internal conflict is like adding a turbo booster that can take it beyond the speed of sound and maybe even into outer space.
https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/external-and-internal-conflict-killer/
Building Characters Layer by Layer
We create our characters out of nothing and it needs to be done correctly for our readers to believe in them, to hate them, to love them. James Scott Bell takes us through that process in today’s trip to The Kill Zone.
https://killzoneblog.com/2018/07/building-characters-layer-by-layer.html
Evoking Emotion in Fiction: 7 Pragmatic Ways to Make Readers Give a Damn
Today I am sharing Dustin Grinnell’s article in Writer’s Digest where he shares seven pragmatic ways to get the readers hearts involved in your stories.
What Kind of Writer Are You?
Taking the time to assess your writing personality allows you to set up working schedules, goals, and objectives that really work.
https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/what-kind-of-writer-are-you/
Mud, Formula and Effervescence: 10 Rules for Good Writing from Poe Ballantine
From Writers Digest—on the rules of writing from one person’s particular point of view.
