by Julia | May 22, 2025 | Writing Process
If you’ve been following this three-part series, you know that Lisa Cron’s Story Genius is a valuable book guiding writers through the scene card process. Post one was all about getting to know our protagonist before crafting the story. In post two, we finally broke...
by Julia | May 8, 2025 | Writing Process
Lisa Cron’s Story Genius guides writers through the scene card process. Her method differs from traditional outlining, where writers plot every external event that will occur in their story. These scene cards focus on your protagonist’s internal evolution. To...
by Julia | May 1, 2025 | Writing Process
Story Genius by Lisa Cron guides you through developing a character-driven story with scene cards focused on your protagonist’s internal conflict. It takes everything we’ve learned about writing, reminds us what doesn’t work and emphasizes that readers stick around...
by Julia | Apr 24, 2025 | Writing Process
Poor worldbuilding can weaken your plot. It affects readers’ ability to immerse themselves in your story and character development. While character growth should not hinge upon external events alone, the world that they live in will naturally influence their journey...
by Julia | Apr 17, 2025 | Personal Growth
A writer’s mindset can be easily derailed by unsupportive comments, imposter syndrome and striking out with queries. It’s difficult to ignore the continuous loop of your inner critic shouting, “You’re not good enough!” Our subconscious thinks it’s helping,...
