by Michelle Sass Aleckson, @MchelleAleckson Have you ever been asked this question: what’s more important in a story, the characters or the plot? Beware, writer! It’s a trick question. For a …
Heroes Are Story Vehicles
by Dalyn J. Weller, @dalynweller Story is powerful. It’s timeless and universal. Stories are more than entertainment, they are our teachers, and characters are the vehicles into the lessons. I write …
3 Tips to Help You Describe Your Character’s Eye or Hair Color
Being writers makes us describers. We introduce a main character, knowing we are required to describe how our hero or heroine or villain looks, sounds, yes, even how they smell. …
The What and Why of Writing: Noble Cause
Every story starts with an Inciting Incident catapulting the hero and heroine into a journey. They’re either scrambling to get their lives back to normal or hoping to settle into …
The What and Why of Writing: Noble Quest
When we read a novel, we want to go on a journey with the hero and heroine – not watch them wander through scene after scene, chapter after chapter. How …