Category: Craft

What is contrived conflict

March 26, 2018 | Posted in Craft, Story Courses

The 4 Worst Words in Any Story

March 12, 2018 | Posted in Character, Craft, Story Courses

Show Don’t Tell Alternatives

August 8, 2016 | Posted in Craft, Story Courses

Kill Your Darling Alternatives

July 4, 2016 | Posted in Craft

the 80 percent rule

October 22, 2015 | Posted in Craft, Story Courses, Tattered Heart

the key to predictability

February 9, 2015 | Posted in Craft, Story Courses

pantser or plotter

February 16, 2014 | Posted in Craft, Story Courses

the Gore Verbinski conundrum

December 8, 2013 | Posted in Craft, Tattered Heart

persistent, irrational doubts

February 6, 2012 | Posted in Craft, Story Courses

How Bad Habits Create Boring Stories

August 5, 2010 | Posted in Craft, Story Courses