My Books
Falling Out of Love: How to Write Realistic Breakups
I love stories that end with happily ever afters, but sometimes, what is true for your characters and what serves your story best is the breaking down of a love story. And a love ending can be just as powerful as those romances coming to fruition. When writing...
How to Use Writing Practice to Revise Your Story
Writing practice is not just writing your story. It’s a different writing process, although this skill can support your story’s evolution. In Thunder and Lightning: Cracking Open the Writer’s Craft, Natalie Goldberg emphasizes that writing practice isn’t just for...
Build Amazing Worlds with these 5 Digital Resources
Here’s a quick and easy round-up of 5 digital world-building resources that’ll make creating your narrative worlds fun while staying organized. These resources are ideal for fantasy and sci-fi writers as well as those crafting historically influenced worlds that are...
How to Conquer Writer’s Block Triggered by Fear of Failure
Here’s my theory: writer’s block isn’t a phenomenon that plagues writers all on its own. It's a symptom of a greater mindset. One of those mindsets that can influence writer’s block is fearing failure. For a writer, that might be the fear that: My writing is horrible...
Use these 4 Moments to Write Authentic Romantic Relationships
Not every story needs an attention-grabbing romance, but for some books, it’s essential to the plot. A romantic relationship, when executed well, can add depth to your protagonist’s internal and external arcs. The emotional stakes of falling in and out of love will...
How to Make Time to Write: 3 Key Ingredients
“I don’t have enough time to write” is a myth. That sort of fixed-mindset thinking will stop you from ever writing. We all have 24 hours in a day. While some of us struggle to find time to work on our writing goals, others can write consistently despite their busy...
How to Beat Negative Thoughts and Get Back to Writing
Fear and Doubt are two negative thought loops that occasionally plague all writers. We fear the failure of never publishing our book. We doubt that we are even good writers. Our inner critic loves to roar loudest for the things that are truly meaningful to us. But...
Write Powerful Subplots and Secondary Characters with Story Genius
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...
How to Write Scene Cards Using Lisa Cron’s Story Genius Method
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 craft a...
What You Need to Know About Your Protagonist Before Writing Scene Cards (Inspired by Lisa Cron’s Story Genius)
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...
