4 Exercises to Get to Know Your Protagonist

4 Exercises to Get to Know Your Protagonist

Think you know your story’s main character? You might not know as much as you think. A great character is as complex as a living, breathing human being. That means she or he has an extensive galaxy of history, opinions, experiences, and feelings running through...
7 Writing Resources to Make You a Better Writer

7 Writing Resources to Make You a Better Writer

Over the years I’ve written about my journey trying to get my first novel published. There’s an emotional aspect to it all, of course (The struggle! The triumphs!), but documenting the steps I’ve taken has also had a practical outcome. I’ve been able to see the...

How I Became a Better Writer in One Year

Yesterday I was looking over some of my writing from the last couple years and as I read it, I shuddered and asked myself, “Did I really write this?” Guys, it was bad. Not just the “oh it could be better” bad, but the “this isn’t even in the right tense and barely makes sense” bad writing.

Thankfully, I’m a much better writer today. I improved so much in such a short period of time and I wanted to share with you how it happened.