Tropes are a hot topic that leaves many writers scratching their heads and asking, “Should I? Shouldn’t I?”
It’s true, you can’t cruise the top 100 of most categories without seeing tropes in titles or descriptions of the books readers buy most. In romance, you’ll see friends to lovers, bully romances, and even sweet western romances.
If your villain is leeching into everything you do, you’re not alone. Writing means slipping into the headspace of the character… even the bad guy.
Your main character needs a distinct weapon. How can you make something up that will entice readers? If you write fantasy (or any genre where
External conflict is pretty easy—internal conflict is much more difficult. Learn everything you need to know! Internal conflict might not come up often in writing
This easily overlooked storytelling component can make—or break—your book! Readers love to feel something when they read. Happiness, sadness, fear, excitement, a sense of danger,
Conflict is one of the most important parts of storytelling, but did you know there’s more than one kind? External conflict. Maybe you’ve heard of
Feel like your single-genre story is missing something? Many authors write a powerful story and struggle with categories—Amazon lets you have two, after all. Then
The problem with perfect characters… Authors have been fed bad advice since the beginning of writing. One of the worst offenders, in my humble opinion,
What are you missing when choosing and developing your main character? Everybody makes mistakes. You might even be making mistakes with your character development and
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