SWRT 1: Challenges of Writing Characters

Have you ever struggled with your antagonist or supporting characters motivation? Or wonder what kind of work you need to put in before you start writing? We even get into what we do for character sketches and how our journals will lead to posthumous fame!

Writing Good Sex Scenes

Writing Good Sex Scenes

Alida explains how to write good sex scenes, including the one thing you should never do. This is a clean discussion that acknowledges people have sex and writers write sex scenes.

Character Arc Confusion

Character Arc Confusion

What is a character arc? What does it mean to make your character a different person at the end of the story than he was at the beginning? Read on.

Develop Your Protagonist’s Flaws

Develop Your Protagonist’s Flaws

I was recently asked, “How do you choose and create a protagonist’s flaws?” Simple. The same way you choose and create your own flaws. What? You didn’t choose your flaws? You’d rather not have them? Before you declare me a smartass, that’s a clue to the how part...
To Be, Or Not To Be? In Your Writing, Not To Be!

To Be, Or Not To Be? In Your Writing, Not To Be!

As a native speaker of any language, you get to take certain things for granted, like conjugating irregular verbs. I’m not sure I was really aware of irregular verbs, never mind conjugating them, until I took French. Then, because I took English for granted, I...

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