Search results

Typically writers start out by learning to plot and/or build compelling characters along with studying the nature of conflict. Of necessity, if their goal is to sell, they learn how to define their story through the synopsis or story outline. Then, still typically, they begin to write. Along...

How do you give life to your secondary and tertiary characters? Do they just show up while you’re writing? Do they force themselves into the story because they perform an action? Are they there because you’ve been told you must have a buddy, a villain, a love interest, etc? These are all...

Dialogue is not hard to write. We all talk, don’t we? Sure we do. Except dialogue is not a record of real conversations. This course gives techniques that reveal characterization and move the plot along, while avoiding the obnoxious conversation habits real people often have. You’ll learn how to...