Antiheroes: Bad, but Not TOO Bad
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
This post is the third in a five-part series on the elements of fiction writing, in collaboration with the Ice Colony. Dialogue is one element of fiction that stands apart […]
Mental illness is often portrayed in fiction in a way that is highly innacurate. There are so many common misconceptions reinforced by depictions in books and movies, it can be […]
I absolutely love writing kids in fiction. I’ve always preferred kids to adults in real life, and after spending more than eight years nannying and majoring in Developmental Psychology at […]
Whether you‘re writing a hard-hitting literary novel or a fluffy summer romance, getting the dynamic between a couple right is both difficult and important to writing a compelling story, and […]
Capturing the genuine heart of the human experience in fiction relies heavily on poignant and impactful depiction of emotion. In order to evoke feeling in the reader, you must evoke […]
Part of being successful as a writer is finding a routine that works for you. Over the past several years, I’ve developed my own personal writing process. TLDR—I couldn’t do […]
*This post is part of a collaboration with The Ice Colony, and the first in a monthly series on the craft of writing. In my experience, good characters are the […]
Oh, God. I hate editing. I love writing. And unfortunately, if you want to be a halfway decent writer, you need to do a lot of editing. Over and over […]