Category: Writing Short Stories
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Discover Your Writing Motivation
Through the actions and interviews of bestselling authors, you can gain a sense of how to embrace your writing motivation.
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How to Foreshadow with Scrivener
Learn how to foreshadow with Scrivener, keeping readers turning pages until they to close the switch of that question open in their minds.
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Develop Character Voices and Descriptions Using Enneagram Personality Types (Part 2)
You can develop character voices and descriptions using Enneagram Personality types. I’ll show you a simple and effective method.
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The Trellis Method: Use the Content Lens and Scene Lens to Inspect for What Readers Expect
Work hard but smart. The Trellis Method’s Content Lens and Scene Lens prompts authors to inspect for what readers expect.
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The Trellis Method: Look for Brown M&M’s in Your Chosen Genres
John Truby stated in The Anatomy of Genres*, “Once we understand that all of human life is a form of story, the next step becomes clear: genres are the portals to this world.” Using The Trellis Method, we will explore how to include the right content with your chosen genres based on the M&M’s principle.
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The Trellis Method: Scene & Sequel Sequence
What if each scene was a well-paced short story, one with just the right amount of emotional intensity and it ended with a page-turning connection to the next? If that’s of interest to you, Dwight V. Swain gets the bulk of the credit for documenting what has become know as the scene and sequel sequence.
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The Trellis Method: Discover What Story Beats Can Do for Your Writing
Use Story Beats to enhance storytelling from the first to last page.
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The Trellis Method: Master Story Structure
Starting with this post, I’ll explain how The Trellis Method answered my what-if question and invite you to test whether the process can benefit your writing, too.
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A Character Template to Help Busy Writers
Developing multi-dimensioned fictional people fascinates me. But updating the character template for my favorite writing app proved harder than I expected.
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Dare to Create Unique Character Descriptions and Distinct Voices
Characters must be different so readers don’t get confused. Dare to create unique character descriptions and distinct voices.
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Story Beats: Discover an Easy Way to Write Your Novel’s Essential Scenes
Learn how you can use Story Beats to write your novel’s essential scenes to pump the narrative blood throughout your novel.
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The Ultimate Free Character Template and Arc
Get the free character template to create intriguing cast members who keep readers engaged from the first to last page.