When To Delete Your Characters in Your Novel
carriejonesbooks Sometimes even though you love them with all your heart, you might have to get rid of a character in your novel. Or even—gasp—a few. So how do you know…
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What is a Character Arc?
This little baby (the character arc) is how your character evolves or doesn’t after she/they/he go after their yearnings and goals. It’s how they change during the story. Do they…
Shaun Takes Over and Talks About Character
Hi! I know this is Carrie’s blog and you all look forward so much to hearing from her, but today I have commandeered it and I may do that once…
Let in the Good and Make Your Writing Career Grow – Dogs Are Smarter Than People, the Writing Podcast
The author Gwen Hawes has a book that’s all about writing a romance, but I think a lot of her elements really apply to more genres than that. One of…
First Drafts Suck But So Do A Ton of Other Things
Hard writer truth time: First drafts suck. Almost everything stinks the first time you do it. That’s because it’s THE FIRST time you do it. But, we tend to expect…