Thrill Me, Baby. Thrill Me. Let’s Talk About Story Tension.
carriejonesbooks My first three books are hardly suspenseful in that Marvel movie way. There are no car chases. There are no end-of-the-world scenarios. They’re stories about identity and love with a…
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Tips on Writing a First Page for Kids’ Books
These are what I once learned from the First Pages Panel at New England SCBWI Spring Conference on a Saturday when people were still able to gather in groups. (The…
Are you Beige? Do you Think in Words?
Some people, it seems, have a constant inner monologue that never stops.
Am I the Butt Face? How to Make (and be) a Likeable Character
Why Do People Suck So Much? One of the biggest things you hear in the world of writing is to make your character likeable, which is great and all but…
GLOSSARY OF IMPORTANT LITERARY TERMS, WHICH I WOULD FIND IN A CRAFT BOOK IF I COULD BRING MYSELF TO READ ONE
Let me just say this up front: I don’t like craft books. Yep. You read it, right. I don’t like craft books. I’m sure there’s a deep-seated reason for this,…