Today I thought it’d be fun to do an analysis on book covers and go over what aspects you should consider when planning your book publication. This will be helpful whether you are creating the book cover yourself, hiring a Read more
How do you tell a story? Writers often talk about what you put into a story and the key elements such as setting, character, plot, etc. But what is needed to effectively communicate the tale to readers? When you tell Read more
Our post today in the Character Under a Microscope series is about liars. Regardless of how good humans try to be, we all lie. What kind of lies people are willing to tell defines part of their character. I’ve divided Read more
Are you familiar with the concept of character identification? Readers say they identify with a character. Agents send rejections based on the fact they couldn’t identify with the protagonist. There seems to be some magic ingredient that makes or breaks Read more
I recently dove into studying how to write better descriptions and imagery in books, and I learned just how many different types of figurative language are available to us. It’s overwhelming! Today, I want to go over seven different types Read more
There is a lot of advice on how to write a story’s climax. While many sources state you must have an internal change in the protagonist right before or during the external plot’s climax, very few focus on how to Read more
Somehow, I’ve gotten years into writing these posts and have not done one on external and internal story arcs. I reference these all the time so I’m sure my followers have grasped the meaning of these terms, but I want Read more
After studying first pages and opening scenes for books, I realized I’ve never discussed how to write a good last line for a story. Most writers can just feel when a good ending line hits them, but there are specific Read more
Last week we discussed your character’s subjective image of himself, and now I want to talk about how and when to expose your character’s core self. We all have an ideal self-image we try to portray to the world, but Read more
In this week’s Character Under a Microscope post, I want to zoom in on a character’s image. Specifically, her self-imposed image. While everyone has a persona that society sees, it’s not always the truth. Let’s look at a person’s subjective Read more