Writing Sex Scenes (the Right Way)
“His pointer finger circled my puckered love cave. ‘Are you ready for this?’ he mewled, smirking at me like a mother hamster about to eat her three-legged young.” This is […]
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 […]
Using the Enneagram for Character Development
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, […]
Writing Sibling Relationships in Fiction
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 […]
People Don’t Talk Like That: Mastering Dialogue
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 in Fiction
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 […]
How to Write Romantic Relationships (Without Being Sappy)
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 […]