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6 World Building Mistakes Writers Should Avoid

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...

Understand the Writer’s Journey: 4 Lessons from Thunder and Lightning

Natalie Goldberg’s Thunder and Lightning: Cracking Open the Writer’s Craft is a meditative look at the writer’s journey. Do not come to this book expecting a series of concrete strategies and...

How to Write Authentic Platonic Relationships in Fiction

Platonic relationships are just as crucial to our stories as romantic relationships or tension between protagonists and antagonists. They can provide points of conflict and growth for our main...

Worldbuilding for Writers: How to Create a Believable Setting

Worldbuilding provides a backdrop for your characters to play in and the rules by which your world and all of its characters are held. This world can be a source of conflict. Your world enhances...

4 Words and Phrases To Avoid In Your Writing

by Julia | Dec 10, 2023 | Creative Writing, Writing Process

We’ve all done it at some point. We’ve tried to emulate our favourite authors and come away with a piece that sounded pretentious. I’ve had friends...

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Writing Process

6 World Building Mistakes Writers Should Avoid

Understand the Writer’s Journey: 4 Lessons from Thunder and Lightning

How to Write Authentic Platonic Relationships in Fiction

Worldbuilding for Writers: How to Create a Believable Setting

4 Words and Phrases To Avoid In Your Writing

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