A Writer’s Guide to Pacing Fiction
It’s something many writers, especially those at the beginning of their career, don’t think a lot about—but make no mistake, good pacing is absolutely one of the most crucial elements […]
It’s something many writers, especially those at the beginning of their career, don’t think a lot about—but make no mistake, good pacing is absolutely one of the most crucial elements […]
At long last, I’m back from another hiatus, all settled into my new apartment. And I’m aching to write. To that end, this last post in collaboration with the Ice […]
Few topics are as complex, emotionally rich, and broad as death and our extremely varied reactions to it. Many, many, if not most fictional stories somehow touch on mortality, and […]
In my opinion, any good story of significant length needs at least one subplot. Secondary plots serve to add complexity, increase tension and impact, underscore the main plot, and generally […]
This is the fourth post in a series of five on the elements of storytelling, in collaboration with the Ice Colony Podcast. Having gone in-depth on character, plot, and dialogue, […]
Antiheroes are, generally speaking, bad boys (and girls!) with rough exteriors and a multitude of flaws, but good hearts. What separates likable villains from antiheroes is, at the end of […]
For writers and bookworms—New York City is quite possibly the best place in the world to read and write and pay homage to great literary minds. From bookstores to writer-friendly […]
As a writer of emotional, character-based stories, there are few topics I find more rich and complex than addiction. There’s so much potential for both tragedy and redemption, and people […]
I am straight up obsessed with personality typing, and have become a particularly big fan of the Enneagram in recent years. Used by counselors and companies all over the world, […]
I’ll never understand people who find history boring. It’s all like one ridiculous, bloody, passionate soap opera and it’s real. I find it fascinating to imagine long lost lives just […]
I absolutely love writing trauma in fiction. It’s been an intense interest of mine since I majored in psychology in college, taking several classes on the effects of trauma in […]
Can’t live with them, can’t live without them…but in my experience, it’s mostly can’t live without them. I have one little sister, and we’re incredibly different. Our relationship has always […]